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By Patrick Gallahue Gentile in the newly drawn ter, on New Utrecht Avenue at Disabled man: The Brooklyn Papers district. 79th Street in Bensonhurst, “To say this money is con- needs to be relocated because If there was ever any tingent upon his election is it currently resides in the base- doubt how badly the state tantamount to bribery,” Gen- ment level of a building with Senate’s Republican major- tile charged upon hearing the no elevator, no windows or Marty parked in ity wants Councilman Mar- news this week. bathroom would require ma- ty Golden in the legislature, The pledge is the latest jor renovations to comply there are now almost a push by a Republican Senate with the Americans with Dis- quarter-million reasons to majority that has accommo- abilities Act. While the city Department handicap space put those questions to rest. dated Golden every step of With the Narrows Senior the way, from drawing a new for the Aging and Catholic Center needing a new home, Senate district with lines con- Charities, which runs the fa- By Patrick Gallahue heavily on Friday morning and his knee Senate Majority Leader Jo- sidered favorable to the cility, have their sights set on The Brooklyn Papers was bothering him. the Angel Guardian Home, “I said, ‘Marty, where’s you’re handi- seph Bruno has promised councilman, to a $7,700 con- Councilman Marty Golden, current- $225,000 in matching funds tribution from the Committee on 63rd Street between 12th capped sticker?’” Ligammari recalled. “I for a new senior center, but to Re-Elect Senator Bruno and 13th avenues in Borough ly embroiled in a contentious state said, ‘Move it or do something about it. If only if Golden defeats in- made to Golden’s campaign. Park, seniors who use the Senate race against incumbent Vincent you consider people other than yourself, Gentile for the redrawn 22nd district, Marty Golden BP / File photo Joseph Bruno Associated Press cumbent state Sen. Vincent The Narrows Senior Cen- See HOSTAGE on page 6 I’ll think about voting for you.’” lost at least one vote this week. When asked about the incident on Tues- On Friday, Oct. 10, while campaigning day, Golden, a member of the City Coun- at the Brooklyn Army Terminal ferry land- cil’s public safety committee, said, “I ing at 58th Street, he was confronted by a don’t know anything about it.” Bay Ridge resident furious at the two-term However, later that day, his campaign Republican councilman for parking in a manager, Bill O’Reilly, blamed a Golden Laws would protect flag flyers handicap accessible spot. staffer for illegally parking the car and said According to Carlo Ligammari, who it was promptly moved after Ligammari had driven to the pier to take the ferry to brought it to their attention. O’Reilly said By Patrick Gallahue Lower Manhattan, all the handicap acces- the heavy rain limited visibility and that the sible spots were taken, one of them filled parking blunder was an honest accident. The Brooklyn Papers by Golden’s Cadillac SUV. Golden’s vehi- “It was absolutely torrential rain that About the only thing the city cle bears neither a handicap license plate day,” he said. “He and his staff didn’t real- is willing to let be waived out- nor a handicap parking permit. The coun- ize they were parked there and they side Vito Colucci’s Benson- cilman is not disabled. moved the car.” hurst business is the fine for Ligammari, who has spina bifida, a Ligammari said he did not see any ac- raising an unlicensed flag. His congenital defect in which the spinal col- tion taken before getting on the ferry. state and city legislative lead- umn is imperfectly closed, said he has Dennis Boyd, a senior disability lawyer ers, however, are still fighting seen Golden’s car parked in handicap for New York Lawyers for the Public In- for his right to wave the red, spaces in the past and usually does not terest, recommends people who see cars white and blue. challenge the official, but found himself parked illegally in handicapped spaces no- Councilman Marty Golden and particularly irritated because it was raining See PARKING on page 6 state Sen. Vincent Gentile, who are embroiled in a contentious race against one another for the redrawn 22nd state Senate District com- prised of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Gerritsen Beach, have both proposed legislation to open the streets to Old Glory. Both bills were written in re- Brooklyn diocese sponse to a fine issued to Colucci by the Department of Sanitation in early August for raising three American flags without a permit on the sidewalk outside his business, sued for abuses Neighborhood Carpet and Floor- ing, at 1864 86th St. Colucci, a 51-year-old Vietnam veteran, unsuccessfully argued his Bishop named in $300 million suit case before the city’s Environmen- tal Control Board in Downtown By Sara Kugler Brooklyn — which adjudicates Associated Press hearings on notices of violations issued by other city agencies for var- More than 40 adults who say they were sexually ious infractions of city laws — on abused as children sued 13 priests and the Brooklyn Sept. 11, armed with a petition of diocese on Tuesday, and accused top clergy of a Little Miss Norway 500 signatures. massive coverup dating back more than 50 years. With the country targeted by ter- The $300 million lawsuit, filed by lawyer Michael Rachel Chambers (with crown) won the Little Miss Norway contest during Sunday’s Norsk Festival at Leif Ericson Park. rorists and on the brink of war Dowd in state Supreme Court in Queens, alleges that The contest was for girls of Norwegian descent ages 7 through 12. Chambers was awarded a round-trip ticket to Flori- Colucci could not understand how the diocesan priests abused at least 43 children from da, while her competitors each also received gifts. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango See FLAG LAWS on page 10 1960 to 1984, and that the diocese tried to hide the attacks by transferring priests from parish to parish. The alleged attacks ranged from fondling to sodomy and occurred on church altars, in rectories, school stairwells, priests’ homes and — in one alleged case — at Shea Stadium during a Mets game. Several of the alleged victims said priests also forced them to look at pornography. Funding set for pier memorial The plaintiffs in the suit did not want their names made public. Many of the 39 men and four women, By Patrick Gallahue and 11 who perished on Sept. ing committee for Brooklyn who ranged in age from 7 to 17 when they allegedly The Brooklyn Papers 11. Guarinello is chairman of Remembers had raised about were abused, still live in the New York area. CB11. $75,000 and received pledges The suit also names Bishop Thomas Daily and the Proponents of a perma- “We lost close to 100 people, of up to $90,000 but held off Brooklyn diocese as defendants. The diocese serves nent Brooklyn memorial to if you look across the areas of an announcement until cere- 1.6 million Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens. those who died on Sept. 11, Bay Ridge, Dyker [Heights], monies commemorating the The suit alleges that Daily knew about “the exis- 2001 gathered on the 69th Bensonhurst and a little area of one-year anniversary of 9-11 tence of priests in the diocese who have sexually Street Pier Tuesday to an- Sunset Park,” said Councilman had passed, Guarinello said. abused children in their respective parishes and he is nounce that the cash is in Marty Golden. “It’s a lot of Although the group had set a similarly aware of the efforts undertaken since becom- hand and the memorial will people to lose, a lot of families, target of $100,000 for the con- ing bishop of the diocese to conceal said acts of sexual be created. a lot of family members.” struction and an additional abuse and otherwise prevent their disclosure.” With $90,000 at the ready, Rep. Vito Fossella, who $50,000 for maintenance, Guar- Msgr. Otto Garcia, second-in-command to Daily, is William Guarinello, chairman spearheaded the Ridge memo- inello was confident that the re- also named in the suit as “part of the concerted effort of the Brooklyn Remembers rial effort, said, “We try to maining capital could be raised. to fraudulently conceal” the sex abuse by the pe- Memorial Committee, said, grow out of the tragedy where Among the major donors dophile priests. “We have enough to build.” we can, and look for some was AVR Realty, developers of Frank De Rosa, a spokesman for the diocese, said The memorial will feature light, and the light is going to the Shoreline Condominiums he had not seen the suit and could not comment on the the names of around 100 resi- Rep. Vito Fossella hands IS 30 student Alexandra Loff, 12, a cita- be here someday as we honor only half a block from the pier allegations. dents of the neighborhoods tion Tuesday for her efforts gathering 1,000 signatures in favor of those who lost their lives.” on what is commonly referred “The diocese follows its policy of cooperating with within community boards 10 a 9-11 memorial on the 69th Street Pier. The Brooklyn Papers / Mango As of August, the fundrais- See MEMORIAL on page 3 Bishop Thomas Daily BP / Fileto See LAWSUIT on page 7

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Story nets graffiti cleanup By Patrick Gallahue sino said. “It’s not the way the The Brooklyn Papers Postal Service operates.” “Thanks, Tomasino dispatched workers Sometimes a picture can with brushes and paint to rectify New York Methodist” erase a few dozen words. the situation, and said it should After seeing The Brooklyn be taken care of by the end of Papers’ front-page story last the week, weather permitting. week on the recent rise of graf- Last week, The Papers re- fiti in Brooklyn Heights, ac- ported on a rash of flagrant companied by a photo of a se- vandals who had recently ries of defaced mailboxes on spray-painted their “tags” on the corner of Remsen and street furniture and mailboxes Henry streets, the U.S. Postal throughout Brooklyn Heights. Service slapped a fresh coat of Martin Schneider, a resident paint over them on Tuesday. of Monroe Place and the chair- “I saw the article in the paper man of the Brooklyn Heights and it really got to me,” said Association’s quality of life Graffiti-covered mailboxes in Brooklyn Heights. BP / FIle Damian Tomasino, the post of- committee, said the problem fice’s manager of Field Mainte- had eased over the spring and solutely delighted,” he added. According to police, he is a nance Operations for Brooklyn. summer but that it had flared Meanwhile, the presence of past offender who lives on “I don’t like to see that.” up in recent weeks. spray-painting delinquents has Montague Street and remains Tomasino, a resident of This week, Schneider ap- also piqued the 84th Precinct, within the crosshairs of the Bensonhurst, picked up The plauded Tomasino, who he which is performing surveil- 84th Precinct. Papers in Carroll Gardens said vowed “to do something lance of past offenders known to “We’re well aware of this while visiting his parents. about it” and also thanked The the precinct, one of which, individual,” said Inspector “The way the boxes looked Brooklyn Papers. “The [Brook- whose tag is “Net,” has made a Christopher Rising, command- gives a bad impression,” Toma- lyn] Heights Association is ab- particularly dubious impression. ing officer of the 84th Precinct.

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Methodist Hospital are ready to provide the treatment and information that will help The Brooklyn Papers / Tom Callan you. For more information, or to make an appointment, give us a call. Now that’s Italian Luigi Fedele, president of the Regional Council of Cal- erships in Brooklyn. abria, (above left, with state Sen. Vincent Gentile of Bay The Borough President and President Fedele also toured Ridge) brought a slice of Italy to Brooklyn during Columbus “Merica! Merica!” – a photo history of Calabrian immigration Day weekend where he joined Borough President Marty to America – on display at Borough Hall through Oct. 31. Markowitz’s Italian Heritage month celebration at Borough Other guests included Italian Consul General George Hall on Oct. 10, and then co-hosted a dinner with Brooklyn Radicati; Dr. Angelo Gimondo, chairman of the Italian Her- restaurateur Joseph Chirico at Chrico’s Gage & Tollner itage Culture Committee of New York; restaurateur Joe restaurant on the Fulton Street Mall, Downtown, on Sunday. Chirico, of Ristorante Marco Polo on Court Street in Carroll Park Slope, Brooklyn • 718-246-8603 • www.nym.org The honorees at Borough Hall included Nina Di Gregorio Gardens as well as Downtown’s Gage & Tollner (pictured and the Italian Opera Company, Gift of Life Vice-President above with his wife, Rose, and Markowitz), and Mico LiCas- Aldo G. Frustaci (Gift of Life provides life-saving surgery for tro, board member of the Italian Heritage Culture Commit- children across the globe) and Kings Auto Group Owner tee of New York. There was also a special performance by Salvatore Trantino, who started out as an auto mechanic at the Italian Opera Company and Italian Calabrese dancers the age of 16 and now owns one of the largest auto deal- performed the traditional Tarantella. St. Francis College THE SMALL COLLEGE WHERE BIG THINGS HAPPEN open house Sunday, November 3, 12 – 3pm HE’S NOT THE ONLY THING THAT COULD COME DOWN YOUR CHIMNEY. visit the St. Francis campus – classrooms, library, science and computer labs. meet with our admissions counselors, financial aid staff, career advisors, faculty and administration. speak with current students and recent graduates about their experiences at the College. PREPARING NEW YORKERS FOR NEW YORK SINCE 1884

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As officers tried to restrain Five men grabbed a back- streets was rocked and rolled response ... you’re not the home on 65th Street, be- followed him. She told police one 38-year-old man, he al- pack from a 23-year-old man on Oct. 14. Two men claiming to tween 11th and 12th avenues, she found him in her bedroom legedly flailed his arms, and also alone. This is how work for the city De- on Fifth Avenue between 86th According to police, the at around 12:45 pm on Oct. 11, and he appeared startled. pushed and shoved officers. An- and 87th streets at around 3 business closed at around mid- approximately 28 million partment of Environmental The men then left the home according to police. other man, 22, allegedly pm on Oct. 5. night but sometime before Protection made off with The 79-year-old resident told and the victim said she later punched an officer, and then fell 6:30 am, a thief pitched a rock Americans who experience $450 from an unsuspecting realized $450 was missing. The victim told police that police that while she and her to the ground when police tried the thieves wrestled off the though the diner’s window hearing loss respond. elderly couple in Dyker husband were distracted down- Steals Chinese to handcuff him. backpack and ran away on and then ran off with the regis- Heights. stairs with one of the fake DEP A deliveryman for a local Peace prevailed, however, Fifth Avenue. The victim ter, valued at $400. No cash restaurant was robbed of $26 and both men were arrested chased the perpetrators and was reported stolen. What you can do worth of Chinese food while and charged with assaulting a caught up with one of them, Beaten in home attempting to make a delivery police officer. who punched him, and then A man who had been sleep- Having your hearing checked by an on 14th Avenue between 65th Nail clipper continued on his way. and 66th streets. ing was brutally attacked Oct. audiologist can provide the answer you A thief clipped a nail salon The victim lost a CD player, 9 in his home on Third Av- The victim, 29, told police on Fifth Avenue, between 76th compact discs and books. need. that when he walked down the enue at 12th street. and 77th streets, of $1,000. Pocket picked According to police, the block at around 3 pm on Oct. 8, The store closed at around A woman shopping at a de- victim, 50, was asleep, but If you suspect you or someone you know a man hiding behind a building 10:15 pm on Oct. 7, but during partment store on 86th Street, awoke at around 1 am to dis- jumped out and punched him in the night a thief pried open the may have a hearing problem, call today between Fourth and Fifth av- cover an intruder in his apart- the side of the head, then window bars, broke through enues, became a victim of a ment. The resident confronted for a personal appointment for a grabbed the food and ran. the window and then forced pickpocket. the intruder who proceeded to Fight cops open a second set of window FREE HEARING CONSULTATION. The victim, 21, said that on beat the victim into uncon- Keeping the peace turned bars to get into the store, mak- Oct. 12, between 4 pm and sciousness. He did not come violent on Oct. 6. ing off with the cash, accord- 4:30 pm, someone lifted her to for several hours. 748-2630 / 745-5169 Two men were arrested for ing to salon employees. The victim suffered a assaulting police officers after Workers arrived at the shop wallet out of her purse, taking $30 and credit cards. swollen eye and a broken jaw, cops tried to break up a bar- at around 9:30 am the next day and the thief stole $150 and T room brawl at a nightclub on and realized the nail salon had Cashed out H credit cards. A suspect has been E AMERICAN HEARING CENTER 13th Avenue between 80th and been broken into. A restaurant on Seventh Av- identified although it could not 81st streets. be ascertained by press time if 533 86th Street At around 11:30 pm, police he had been arrested. responded to a call and tried to MEMORIAL... Continued from page 1 borhood activists — and fami- to as the ‘UA lot.’ The devel- lies of 9-11 victims. 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During pregnancy, benefits of a team approach

Soho Midwives of St. Vincent higher risk would have more reliance on routine electronic Skilled care United States. The average comprehensive examination for tinctly low rates of infant mor- Of the three settings in “When my nurse-mid- contact with the collaborating fetal monitoring and ultra- Today’s nurse-midwives are nurse-midwife has 20 years of certification form the ACNM tality, technological intervention, which nurse-midwives attend physician. sound, reduced need for wife detected more than skilled healthcare professionals. clinical experience. Most Certification Council, Inc. They induced labor, episiotomies, and births, the hospital is the site Certified Nurse Midwives epidural anesthesia, fewer rou- one heartbeat early in my Their advanced training in mid- CNM’s hold advanced graduate must also meet requirement for cesarean or forceps births. most often used. are well trained in the use of tine episiotomies, and fewer degrees in health-related fields. licensure by individual states. It is also distinguished by For more information, call pregnancy, she contacted technology when needed, and cesarean birth. wifery is obtained through ac- the physician to provide highly skilled in identifying Nurse-midwives use inter- credited programs affiliated To meet national standards, Care provided by nurse-mid- high rates of return visits and The Soho Midwives of St. medical management,” re- situations which may lead to ventions when needed, but not with universities across the nurse-midwives must pass a wives is characterized by dis- consumer satisfaction. Vincents at (212) 274-0900. called Laurie Dill, MD, complications. Consultation when circumstances are nor- general internist and moth- from a physician is sought in a mal. Their care involves fewer er of triplets. timely manner and is trans- drugs and more low-technolo- “The marvelous emotional ferred when appropriate. gy options, without compro- support and the coordination A collaborative team of mising quality of care. of the two providers made a nurse-midwives and physi- Cost savings Maimonides’ pediatric director a pro major difference in the out- cians offers women an optimal Nurse midwives provided come of my pregnancy,” she combination of primary, pre- care for 25 percent of all preg- ventive care, with specialized Maimonides Medical Center dren is evidenced by Mai- ments. A graduate of Lehigh Uni- largest independent teaching said. nant women in the United monides’ large pediatric trans- Dr. Klein comes to Mai- versity, Dr. Klein earned his hospital in the United States, of- Nurse-midwives practice in services as needed. Addition- Scott Klein, MD, the States, the cost savings fewer in- port program, through which monides from Stony Brook medical degree from the Med- fering highly sophisticated collaboration with physicians. ally, the professional interac- terventions alone could be over new director of Pediatric tion of specialty physicians critically ill children from oth- University Hospital where he ical College of Pennsylvania. medical and surgical care pro- The degree of collaboration in $300 million dollars annually. Critical Care Medicine of er hospitals are transported to this team approach depends on and nurse-midwives clearly served as a pediatric intensivist He completed pediatric residen- vided by world-renowned The medical standards of the Infants and Children’s Maimonides. The transport and an Assistant Professor of cies at Thomas Jefferson Uni- physicians, skilled nurses and the medical needs of the indi- enhances the practice of both care for low risk pregnancy Hospital of Brooklyn at groups. team includes specially trained Pediatrics at the SUNY Stony versity Hospital in Philadelphia dedicated support staff. Widely vidual woman and the practice are essentially the same for Maimonides Medical nurses, therapists and para- setting. Preventive health care, a Brook School of Medicine. He and Georgetown University recognized for its major both obstetricians and nurse- Center, handles “on-the- medics, who provide special- also currently serves as the Pe- Hospital in Washington, DC. achievements in medical tech- For example, a nurse-mid- proven cost-saving strategy, is midwives. Nurse-Midwives job” stress well. He has to. ized care during transport un- diatric Medical Director of the He was selected Fellow of the nology and patient satisfaction, wife providing care for a an integral part of nurse-mid- have a high degree of profes- wifery care. The lower cost of The calm and compassion- der the direction of pediatric Hospice Care Network. He is Year by Georgetown’s Depart- Maimonides expertly serves the woman whose pregnancy is at sionalism and are very skilled intensivists. State-of-the-art low risk for complications labor and birth care by nurse- ate physician leads a highly- certified by the Pediatrics ment of Pediatrics in 1999. distinct needs of New York res- at risk screening. trained team dedicated to car- equipment is used during may need no physician input. midwives is also due to a judi- Their unique contribution is Board and the Pediatric Criti- Maimonides Medical Center, idents while attracting patients cious use of technology and ing for infants, children and transfer, and each child’s con- cal Care Board. a 705-bed facility, is the third from around the globe. However, a nurse-midwife most certainly in the area of dition is closely monitored providing care to a woman at testing, which results in less young adults with life-threat- prevention-oriented care. ening illnesses of injuries who throughout the trip. require round-the-clock treat- Among the many services ment and monitoring. He must provided by the Division of also support the distraught Pediatric Critical Care Medi- parents who relay on him to cine at Maimonides are: Pain management Weight control help their children. •Diagnosis of children with Signing Russian at Coney “Dr. Klein has been a won- life-threatening conditions Eating disorder Stress reduction derful addition to our staff,” •Complete post-operative Coney Island Hospital Coney Island Hospital with about their doctor’s appoint- said Maimonides pediatric care for all pediatric surgeries Many may claim they the title of patient representa- ments, their proper use of Smoking and drug addiction chair Steven Shelov, MD. (except cardiac) tive/full-time staff interpreter, medication, and their health in “He’s an excellent clinician •A full range of respiratory have a one-of-a-kind type job, but in the case of Di- she works primarily as transla- general. High Blood Pressure Control and knows how to relate to care tor, advocate and friend to “I’m with them in the ER, people in the best way at the •Treatment for children ana Belozovsky, that’s no more than 100 deaf patients the OR, and in the examination toughest times. He and the pe- with lung and heart failure exaggeration. and many more hard-of-hear- and delivery rooms,” said Be- We are Physician Acupuncturist, Licensed Acupuncturist and Physical Therapist. diatric critical care team treat •Sedation of children re- Diana is the only known ing people who live in the lozovsky, who is the daughter very ill children and help their quiring surgical procedures hospital employee who is a We use Acupuncture, natural herbs, natural remedy and heavily Russian-immigrant of deaf parents and profoundly parents survive the experi- •Monitoring and manage- Russian Sign Language inter- communities nearby. hard-of-hearing herself. needle free acupuncture treatment (Option). ence.” ment of medication and treat- preter. Hired five years ago by It’s 24-hour-a-day job for “I try not to become too Accept most medical insurance. Since arriving at Mai- the 26-year-old Ukrainian personally involved with the monides, Dr. Klein has contin- (even though she technically patients, but it’s hard to disso- JENNAN COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL, PC ued to build the staff of board- works a five-day schedule ciate myself sometimes. When certified critical care specialists while studying to be a physi- I first started, when I gave in- Physical therapy and Alternative Medicine Clinic and nurses trained in pediatric cian’s assistant at Kingsbor- structions to expectant moth- intensive care who provide 24- New Lutheran ough Community College in ers I used to feel like I was Main Office: Branch Office (Bay Ridge): hour coverage in the 11-bed her “spare time”). This often physically going through labor 2111 E. 15th Street (Corner of Ave. U) 852 67th Street (Between Ave. 8 & 9) unit. Dr. Klein inherited a state- means being stopped on the with them.” Brooklyn, NY 11229 Brooklyn, NY 11220 of-the-art medical environ- street by patients, many of She left the Soviet Union in ment, where modern equip- center opens Tel: 718-336-9872 Tel: 718-630-1200 whom are elderly, to talk 1989. ment ensures that Maimonides’ young patients have the best Lutheran Medical Center purpose center was created in the chance for full recovery. aftermath of September 11th to “Maimonides provides a Health Connections Well- ness Center, the newest off-site help the community residents STOP SUFFERING NEEDLESSLY full spectrum of intensive care cope with issues of trauma, grief, treatment and post-operative addition to Lutheran Medical Center is open and offering and loss. Staffed by multilingual care to our patients,” said Dr. health education and counseling Same Day Dr. Peter Marascia Personalized Klein, who is a member of counseling, health education, Chiropractor PROSTATE PROBLEMS? and supportive services for the staff, Healthy Connections incor- Treatment Service Maimonides’ Family Centered porates a network of services to Serving the Community for 20 Years Care Committee. “From respi- community. Have a weak urine flow? Located at 7317 Fifth Ave. in help everyone – from children Acute & Chronic Problems • We Accept All Cases ratory failure to recovery from the heart of Bay Ridge, this multi- trough senior citizens. spine surgery, the Pediatric GHI; Empire Blue Choice (PPO, POS); Empire BC/BS; Oxford; Magnacare; United Health Care; Multiplan; Medicare; 1199; Often feel a sudden urge to urinate? Critical Care Unit at Mai- PHS; Landmark; Workers Compensation monides provides a quality of Auto Accident / No Fault • Attorney Cases Have difficulty starting urination? care unsurpassed in the re- Family Plans Available For Patients Without Insurance gion.” If you answered YES to any of these questions you may benefit from the TherMatrx “But the level of care we Free Pre-Natal FOURTH AVENUE FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC CENTER provide is only part of the sto- 8415 Fourth Avenue, Brookyn NY (718) 745-9045 microwave thermotherapy treatment now being offered by Dr. Francis E. Florio, M.D. ry,” he added. “Our physicians This treatment for enlarged prostate is done in the physician’s office and does not involve and nurses understand that our Care Available surgery. Call us now for a preliminary screening. patients and their families are The Sunset Park Family Health Center of Lutheran Medical Center facing one of the most difficult is offering free pre-natal care through New York State’s Prenatal Dr. Francis E. Florio and emotional periods of their Care Assistance Program (PCAP) to those who meet PSYCHOTHERAPY lives. As a result, we always eligibility requirements. 355 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11209 (718) 238-1818 strive for an environment that is as supportive and comfort- All pregnant women and teens who have little or no income and have www.thermatrx.com limited or no insurance coverage are eligible. There is no age or citi- PSYCHOTHERAPY ing as possible.” zenship requirement. www.floriomd.com The level and quality of Support Group for OVERCOME FEAR critical care provided to chil- PCAP covers all clinical visits, sonograms, lab tests, health • Flying • Subways • Failure/Success education, prenatal vitamins, HIV counseling, testing and nutri- Stressed Out Moms • Driving • Phoning • Public Speaking tional counseling. Short Term Therapy, Long Term Results Starting mid-October FREE CONSULTATION To participate in this program or to find out more, call the main For more info, please contact Nelson S. Howe M.A., C.E.T. site at (718) 630-7136. Erica Barbaccia, CSW 718-783-3389 R48 Sunset Park FHC Brooklyn Chinese FHC Park Slope FHC 718-875-5294 R42 150 55th Street, Station #8 812 54th Street 220 13th Street FEMINIST PSYCHOTHERAPY Brooklyn, NY 11220 Brooklyn, NY 11220 Brooklyn, NY 11215 The Park Slope Offices of individuals/couples/children (718) 630-7136 (718) 686-2680 (718) 832-5980 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR specializing in the reduction of stress, relationship crisis & school problems for Hands-on experience Family Physician FHC Park Ridge FHC Caribbean American FHC PROFESSIONALS 5616 6th Avenue 6317 4th Avenue 3414 Church Avenue persons of all lifestyles. Brooklyn, NY 11220 Brooklyn, NY 11220 Brooklyn, NY 11203 . . . when you need a referral to DR. GEORGINE GORRA, D.S.W. (718) 439-5440 (718) 492-8233 (718) 940-9425 an established clinical psychol- Doctor of Social Work 718-783-8247 Parking • Ins. Reimb. Dr. Choueka repaired ogist in private practice. R50 Robert’s separated 150 55th Street Specializing in life direction, ® shoulder by trans- Brooklyn, NY 11220 relationship problems, identity Why Weight? ferring a ligament issues, crisis management, and the reduction of anxiety and Are you turning to food for emotion- to hold it in position. depression. Empathic, insight- al comfort, to cope with anxiety and depression, to manage stress? ful, confidential. Extended Supportive compulsive eating When Ernestine Before After hours available. groups for women and teens. fractured both 718.398.2015 Cheryl Pearlman, CSW sides of her elbow, W49 Psychotherapist a new type of Mind-Body Health Issues Specializing in eating disorders surgical implant JOANNE HEITH (718) 636-3099 allowed her to use Individual therapy available MA fitness CSW Psychotherapist R26-10 her arm right away. Anxiety • Depression Chronic Illness / Pain Major Life Changes Annetta had a large 718-707-1588 R26-12 tear of the rotator cuff. Minimally invasive Accepting, Positive, Intelligent, Insightful arthroscopic surgery Depth Psychotherapy hastened recovery by several weeks. and Career Counseling Adult development R44 Family and partnership problems David, a house painter, Life review and awakening to personal history Are You in Emotional Pain? needed full use of his Psychospiritual healing Clear, calm life planning Are You Having Trouble in arm to get back to work. Your Relationships? FREE CONSULTATION / PARK SLOPE LOCATION Dr. Choueka implanted a Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D. Are You Experiencing Loss? Depression? Anxiety? The Maimonides Hand and Upper Extremity Center treats all hand, battery-powered stimulator [email protected] that sped the healing of 718-369-9100 WE CAN HELP! arm, elbow and shoulder problems in adults and children, including: R47 his fracture. Brooklyn Vein-Laser Center Arthritis Fractures Sports injuries Carpal tunnel syndrome Ganglion cysts Tendinitis THERAPY THE HAND AND Exclusively for Treatment 121 Prospect Place, Park Slope Children’s injuries Rotator cuff tears FOR WOMEN UPPER EXTREMITY CENTER of Varicose Veins of All Sizes. 718 622 4142 R26-05 Director Jack Choueka, MD, uses the most advanced Spiders and Facial Spiders. Leg Ulcers. . . . Suffering from anxiety, grief, minimally invasive techniques, including arthroscopic surgery. depression, relationship issues. PSYCHOTHERAPY Physical and occupational therapy are offered on site. Maimonides 17 years experience Work with a skilled, spiritually ori- FOR WOMEN ented Jungian therapist to help Experienced empathic therapist MEDICAL CENTER • Depression • Anxiety • Addiction So put yourself in his hands. 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conEdison ON IT www.conEd.com 6 BRG THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM October 21, 2002 HOSTAGE... Continued from page 1 The Narrows Botanical Gardens center, backed up by Golden, complained that they would have to trek 21 blocks away to the new center and Benson- SEVENTH ANNUAL hurst would be left without a center. At the same time, negotiations began with the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge on 18th Avenue at 77th Street, as a more ac- Harvest cessible alternative to the Narrows Senior Center. Last week, Golden boasted of having obtained a pledge of $225,000 in matching funds from the state Senate, with an additional $100,000 in annual operating expenses to come from Festival the mayor in perpetuity, for the Narrows Senior Center to oc- cupy the Moose Lodge. Golden said this week that the Moose Lodge would require craft fair & art show $450,000 in renovations to be ready to host seniors from the Narrows center, according to estimates he said he was given also featuring the by the Department for the Aging. The acquisition was a considerable show of muscle in a Canine Costume Contest race between Gentile and Golden that has largely been argued on the grounds of who can deliver more money to the district. “It was great what he was able to do to get this deal,” said Sunday October 27th Noon to 5 Golden campaign manager Bill O’Reilly. “It reflects what (Rain Date - Sunday - Nov. 3rd) he’ll be able to do as a state senator.” Brooklyn College The money, however, came with two big catches — “that bet. 69th St. & 72nd St. on Shore Road there be a majority senator in that district” and that “the As- Bay Ridge, Brooklyn • www.narrowsbg.org sembly puts in the other half,” said John McArdle, a Bruno Undergraduate Open House spokesman. Register your pooch at The assemblyman from that district, Peter Abbate, has al- Paws ‘n’ Claws Grooming 1st ready pledged to obtain $100,000 for the Narrows center PRIZE Costume 57 Bay Ridge Ave. $50 Freshmen and Transfer Students move, but claims he never agreed to come up with an addi- $10.00 registration fee. tional $125,000. He also challenged the figures as way too ContestLast Day To Register is Wed. Oct. 23rd high. 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Vinney’s Pet Shop, Costco, Utz Potato Chips, B.R.C.C. & Ahl Tone Communications He also did not recall the center being appraised for reno- * In Cooperation with the NYC Parks Department* More than ninety majors and specializations, including Accounting, vations recently. It’s A Day The Whole Family Will Enjoy! FREE ADMISSION Business, Computer and Information Science, Education, Film, “It’s possible that prices have gone up in the last two and a Health and Nutrition Sciences, Music, and Theater. half years,” Mazza said. “I don’t know.” The city selected Angel Guardian as an appropriate location, citing its 5,000 square feet of ground-floor space, with a Financial aid available. dining room, kitchen, serving area, handicap accessible bathrooms, two large activity rooms and two offices for staff. The one-mile distance from the Narrows Senior Center, however, galvanized the community to fight for a more accessible space. Golden, himself, insisted last August, “They are talking about moving a senior center out of Bensonhurst. I will fight that.” This week, with the Bruno promise behind him, he said that both senior centers would be built, with the Moose Lodge acting as a “satellite” of the Angel Guardian home, that is, as- suming he gets elected and Abbate comes up with the extra funds. The commissioner for the Department for the Aging, Edwin Mendez-Santiago, could not be reached for comment by press time to discuss whether the city had any interest in funding two centers. As a satellite, the Moose Lodge would be able to host activities and meals would be prepared out of Angel Guardian, Golden said. Both Abbate and Gentile, however, called the entire Bruno allocation a “smoke screen” and spun a theory that a deal was struck between Golden and Angel Guardian, which once elected him Man of the Year. They said there is no intention of moving the Narrows Senior Center to the Moose Lodge. “They are going to stall a move of the center until after the election and then move it to Angel Guardian,” Abbate said. “If this issue has been resolved and the Narrows Senior Cit- izens Center will move to the Moose Lodge then why are they renovating the Angel Guardian Home?” Gentile asked Abbate believes that the inflated costs are a stall tactic and promises of funding are a “smoke screen” that were pledged without ever anticipating they will be delivered. “I like Angel Guardian,” Abbate said. “The question is why did they choose to move it there?” Bruno, however, suggests that Abbate is simply unable to come up with the funds. “I understand that Assemblyman Ab- bate is having problems raising his other half, but he can speak to that,” McArdle said. Both Abbate and Gentile are also raising concerns that in a time of fiscal cutbacks the AMICO Senior Citizens Center, on 13th Avenue at 59th Street, only blocks form Angel Guardian, will be threatened by having two senior centers in such close proximity. “They’re not going to have two centers within blocks of each other,” Abbate said, implying that one of the centers would have to go. “It baffles me,” Gentile said. “Other than that [Golden] has certain affiliations with the Angel Guardian Home.” PARKING... Continued from page 1 tify the police. “It’s something that certainly happens,” Boyd said. “In general, what we suggest turns on whether it’s on private property or public property. 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The state permit is a blue plastic hang-tag displaying the In- ternational Symbol of Access for people with disabilities. (Temporary permits are red plastic hang-tags.) The blue tag is valid in New York City for parking in handicap accessible spaces in off-street lots accessible to the public. It must be hung from the inside rearview mirror. The permit is recognized throughout the United States and Canada as valid for parking in all spaces marked for persons with disabilities. It carries no weight for New York City street parking. The city permit is available to people who meet the same criteria and are city residents, as well as some non-drivers, especially children, who require private vehicular transportation to get around. The city permit is a rectangular placard that must be placed in full view on the driver’s-side dashboard. 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abouts, and it was not clear whether he had retained a LAWSUIT… lawyer. When the diocese placed Continued from page 1 at St. Kevin’s Church in April. Smith on leave, he denied the civil authorities and has turned Smith had served there for 13 allegations against him but over complaints of abuse to years. was suffering from depression the district attorneys ... for alle- The letter did not address and was undergoing psycho- gations going back 20 years, as the specific allegations against logical counseling and physi- they have requested,” he said. Smith, but the suit accused cal care, Daily said at the time. In May, Daily gave prosecu- him of abusing 26 children In June, Daily gave a sworn PARENT tors information on more than from 1960 to 1977, while serv- deposition during a closed- 30 priests accused of sexual ing at Our Lady of Grace door session in the case of de- misconduct with minors over Parish Church, and Holy Trini- frocked priest John J. Ge- the past 20 years, and agreed ty Parish Church, both in oghan, who has been accused to provide information on all Queens. of molesting more than 130 Monsters Watch Our such future cases without prior The suit alleges the diocese’s children in the Boston arch- screening by the church. “purpose in moving Smith diocese. Among the clergy accused from parish to parish was to Daily served there from of abuse in the suit was the prevent and otherwise thwart 1971 to 1984, beginning as Rev. James Smith. He was the discovery” of the abuse. Cardinal Humberto Medeiros’ everywhere! Children Learn placed on administrative leave Smith could not be located secretary. He said in March six months ago due to allega- for comment. De Rosa could that he regretted some of the Q: “We refinished our tions of abuse, the diocese said not immediately provide infor- decisions he made during that basement as a play area and Parent-to-Parent OPEN HOUSE DATES in a letter read to parishioners mation on Smith’s where- time. moved our 4-year-old son’s By Betsy Flagler bedroom upstairs with his baby sister. He often plays Wednesday Oct 23 9am-10am with his 6-year-old cousin, and she tells him there are monsters upstairs and Tuesday Oct 29 9am-10am downstairs, and goblins will get him if he sits on the floor. Friday Nov 8 9am-10am Now he’s scared to go upstairs or to the basement Tuesday Nov 19 9am-10am alone. How can I help him get over this and get my niece to stop scaring him?” RSVP 858-8663 — a mother A: Be realistic. A 4-year-old What makes our progressive Jewish day school so special? Small boy with monsters on his mind is a long way away from K-8 classes,a child-centered approach,a creative curriculum that playing alone in the basement. agrees: “Tell the cousin that if makes learning fun while encouraging children to do the best Playing and sleeping a floor she continues to terrorize your away from mom and dad? son in his home, she will not work they can,and a warm,nurturing faculty. Preschoolers feel safer in a co- be allowed to come. It should zier nest. be a joy, not a pain, for him to Susan Weintrob “At 4, children really need play with his cousins or parents to realize they have friends.” HEAD OF SCHOOL separation issues at daylight One of the most popular and nighttime,” says Stephen ways to help kids banish mon- 215 Pacific Street W. 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From left are NY 1 re- lution three decades ago when her son scared his sister so ture of Wonder Woman made porter Jeanine Ramirez; Justice Reinaldo Rivera, Appellate Division, Second Judicial De- her feel safe when she was 4 Day partment; Markowitz; Alma Villegas, executive director of Musica Against Drugs; Gilbert badly she was afraid to use the bathroom: and scared of monsters and Rivera, owner of AM&G Waterproofing and Park Avenue Building and Roofing Supplies; “My then 7-year-old son ghosts. School, and Uvalda Alvarado, owner of the Antojitos Mexicanos restaurant. Borough Hall / Kathryn Kirk told his then 4-year-old sister •Amy Mershawn curbed that a monster lived under the her son’s fear of monsters by Inc. bathtub — an old tub on legs. taking him to see “Monsters My daughter refused to go to Inc.” and buying “Sully” and A fully licensed and certified preschool the bathroom and began wet- “Mike” dolls to keep “bad ting her pants. My son spent monsters” away. 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By Edward R. Perez Their recipe calls for 1 cup flour, 1 tablespoon Associated Press malt vinegar, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, and 12 ounces of water. LITTLE ROCK — In the South, where Interstate Brands Corp., which owns Hostess, the four basic food groups are barbecued, which makes Twinkies, doesn’t object to the baked, broiled and fried, tastes at state fairs new creation _ it actually promotes the idea _ have run the range from club-like turkey though it doesn’t suggest a steady diet of the / Tom Callan / Tom legs to giant potatoes to corn on a stick. culinary concoction. Mango / Greg For dessert, now save room for Fried Twink- “It’s one of the beauties of having a brand that ies, a treat developed by a bored Brooklyn res- is an American icon,” said Mike Redd, a vice taurateur. president of Interstate’s cake marketing division. Phil Dickson of Hot Springs has sold about “It’s fun ... and it’s taken on a life of it’s own. 1,000 of the batter-dipped, deep-fried and pow-

“It’s not something you’d want to eat every- Papers The Brooklyn dered sugared goodies since the Arkansas State day. It’s sort of evolved into a fair food,” Redd Papers The Brooklyn Fair opened Friday. said. “It’s amazing to me,” Dickson said Monday. Fairs in Arizona, California, Kansas and “The response has just been tremendous.” Washington also are expected to have Fried Norwegian pride The Twinkies, at 160 calories and five grams Twinkies this year. Wolf Sutton (left) blows a cow horn during Norsk Festival Sunday at 66th Street and Sixth Avenue. At right, King Harold V (far right) and Queen Sonja of of fat, are impaled on a stick and frozen until Frances Price, a clinical nutritionist with Norway greet seniors at the Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center at 1270 67th St. With them is the center’s chairman, George A. Jensen. firm, then dipped in a batter similar to that used Arkansas Children’s Hospital, said parents to fry fish. should be cautious about their children’s diet, Deep frying adds more calories and fat, and but that eating treats is just part of being kid. the powdered-sugar coating complements the “There is room in the diet for some treats, Twinkie’s altered state. you can’t exclude it completely,” Price said. “The inside creamy part stays cool, while the “And at least fair food is part of a family activi- outside is warm,” said Rhonda Yates, a Hot ty where families walk up and down the mid- Springs postal worker spending her vacation way.” helping Dickson with the Twinkie booth. Price said depending on the type of oil used, Suzanne Hackett, general manager of an Eng- deep frying a Twinkie would most likely in- lish restaurant called The Chipshop at 383 Fifth crease the total fat content and that parents Ave. at Sixth Street in Park Slope, said the Fried should balance the intake of sweets with items Twinkie was born out of boredom. from other food groups. “We had a very slow night in the restaurant so Twinkies were developed as an inexpensive we decided to buy a bunch of junk food and treat during the Depression and, according to the deep fry it,” Hackett said Monday. “And the company, evolved into a family favorite. Twinkies just tasted so good.” Hostess mixes 8 million pounds of sugar, 7 Hackett said it took Chipshop owner Christo- million pounds of flour and 1 million eggs to pher Sell about six months to agree to put the bake about 500 million Twinkies each year. Fried Twinkies on the menu— which includes a Dickson brought a supply of about 8,000 selection of deep fried chocolates in addition to Twinkies to this year’s fair, which runs through standard fare such as Fish and Chips, Steak and Sunday. Kidney Pie and Shepherd’s Pie. Joel Counts, a tourist from the Los Angeles “It’s very elegant when it’s served,” Hackett area who tried his first Fried Twinkie on Mon- said. “He puts a blueberry sauce and powdered day during the fair, said it was excellent. sugar on top.” “It tastes like a Twinkie but it has a little extra Hackett said the batter used to fry the flavor because of the frying,” Counts said. “And Twinkies is the same batter used to fry fish. the powdered sugar just tops it off.”

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DICK RYAN CAPITOL CONNECTION Mayor Mike McCall’s late is too P.C. push for Gov et’s hear it for Mayor Mike. Alright, there are some cynics out there who feel that Billion- ESPITE THE FACT that ALAN S. CHARTOCK L aire Bloomberg is not exactly a people person George Pataki is one of but hey, Rudy Giuliani was never mistaken for Tom Dthe most visible gover- ments with their problems. Plus, Hanks and there were plenty of days when you nors in the world due to the he lives in a state that has five could fry eggs on Ed Koch’s shiny dome. tragedies of Sept. 11, and the Democrats for every three Re- Sure, there is a whole planet of smokers who fact that thanks to his rich Re- publicans. This should help him don’t like it one little bit that Mayor Mike is ban- publican friends and state con- although the Mayor of New ning smoking in bars and restaurants and someday tractors he has many times more York, Mike Bloomberg, is a Re- may even remove the toilets in the interest of clean- money than his op- publican who used er air and less pollution. ponent, Carl Mc- to be a Democrat. Smoking is bad for your health, he scolds us, so Call, and despite The fact that the day may not be too far away when even vodka the fact that the Hillary and Bloomberg is a is replaced by vanilla sundaes in your friendly Pataki negative re- Bill Clinton technical Republi- neighborhood saloon. search operation can and is giving But now, in a kinder, gentler mood, Bloomberg, has been clobber- are McCall’s Pataki money for the hi-tech genius, is talking about modernizing ing McCall over his campaign is bad taxis with computer screens that would provide all some unfortunate secret news for McCall. kinds of information about the city to the rider. letters he wrote, so- weapons On the other hand, Where to find the best restaurants. Famous land- liciting jobs for his Bloomberg, who is marks. Current events. What’s happening from relatives on official a wonderful man Carnegie Hall to Coney Island. The lad’s a genius. stationary, McCall with a terrific per- is coming up fast in the polls. sonality, got to his spot by beat- HO CARES about the David Letterman show or According to one reputable ing the perpetual braggadocio where Pavarotti is appearing or what time the poll, the man who was trailing loser, Mark Green. Even in a WMet game starts. Just tell them the names of by nearly 30 points was now Democratic city like New York, the streets where they are less likely to be mugged and less than 10 points behind in people occasionally have their the churches where they won’t have to witness some the race last week. [Although limits and can tell those with steamy fornication between rosaries. McCall’s poll numbers de- personalities from those without It is also imperative that the new taxi computers clined at press time], McCall them. provide an instant map whereby the rider can type could fool a lot of people and CCALL DOES HAVE some in his destination, push a button and then see the di- win. rect taxi route to his Manhattan street instead of secret weapons in his While most of the pundits fight with Pataki. The watching the cabdriver take him there in three hours are saying that this election is M dynamic duo, Hillary and Bill by way of Jersey City or Montauk Point. all over, I’m not so sure. The Mayor Mike made gazillions of dollars by creating Clinton, are apparently doing big surprise in this race is the more than lip service in support- bigger and better computers so that people could get amazing Tom Golisano, a man bigger and better bank accounts. The computer is his ing McCall. Not only are they in who is so rich that the hundred his corner but they are finding real thing so who are we to question it when he starts in- million or so he may drop for stalling them in taxis, on the beach, in saunas or in tav- money for the McCall campaign. his campaign is like Monopoly The Clintons may have come into erns where depressed smokers might try a mouse in- money to him. He is coming stead of a Marlboro. the campaign late because of their on so fast in upstate New York obvious affinity for Andrew Cuo- But if the mayor is most comfortable around that he is already ahead of Mc- technology and the latest computer, he may be get- mo, but they are showing their Call in polled voters and may vast fan club, particularly in the ting occasional hints that the city doesn’t really well end up breathing down work that way and most people don’t think that African-American community, Pataki’s neck. If that happens, that McCall is their man. way. People usually like to have the feeling that Pataki is toast and he and his During the campaign against their leaders are actually listening to them instead of advisers know it. Cuomo, McCall told me on sev- some printout and are actually hearing their prob- Petting zoo, Leif Ericson Park, Bay Ridge. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango The biggest fear among the eral occasions that he couldn’t lems instead of leaving the business of government Pataki-ites is what will happen figure out why Hillary wasn’t to committees and computers. in the suburbs if Golisano coming in on his side. He said The information spit out from a computer about the catches fire there. over and over that he had been city budget and bottom line may be something of a LETTERS The suburbs are becoming there for her at every step of her bible for the mayor but he blew the chance to come nastier and nastier. If you want campaign for the Senate. It was across as a little more personable and human when his to find extraordinary pockets of only when the ubiquitous, ambi- stiff, stuffy response to the Times Square rally of cops conservatism and racism, you tious and brilliant political strate- and firefighters for better wages seemed carefully pro- have no farther to go than to gist, Chuck Schumer, came on grammed and then down-loaded on the crowd. The Witnesses are no Christians some of the Westchester, Rock- strong for McCall that Mrs. Clin- VEN HIS politically correct arguments for a ban on To the editor: community school district been treated in a dis- land and Long Island enclaves. ton started doing what she should smoking were quite mechanically efficient and In your excellent article on Jehovah’s Wit- SEND US A LETTER criminatory manner due to my age or ethnic Of course, many good people have been doing all along. Ethe perfect printout but not the echo of someone nesses and sexual abuse (The Brooklyn Pa- background. It would be interesting to note I live in the suburbs and they are But no matter, she and Bill are sincerely addressing smokers and saloon owners about per, Oct. 7; The Bay Ridge Paper, Oct. 14) Here’s how to send a letter for publication. am a seasoned teacher, not young in my years. anything but racists. But all there now, big time. So is Chuck. an issue that is no small matter in their lives. you mistakenly called them evangelical • By E-Mail: [email protected] Mr. Grippo’s interview with me resulted McCall has to do is to stay out They all stand to gain if Pataki If Mayor Mike is trying to prove a point and jazz Christians. • By Fax: (718) 834-9278. in an invitation to come and work in his of the ‘burbs and let Golisano, gets creamed. For example, they up some tough-guy image for the tabloids, he is do- A Christian is one who professes the deity • By regular mail: Letters,The Brooklyn Papers, school district because he felt I would be an the arch-conservative do his may land the Democratic con- ing splendidly. But if he is serious about leading the 26 Court St., Brooklyn, NY 11242. of Jesus Christ and his equality with the Fa- Please sign your correspondence and include your asset to the children. thing there. Every vote that vention for New York City. They greatest city in the world, then he has to be less cor- ther and Holy Spirit. The Jehovah’s Witness- address and phone number for verification. The feeling of what is best for the chil- Golisano gains from conserva- will be seen as giant killers and porate and more common man. He has to get a lot es on the other hand do not believe that Jesus Letters may be edited for space and clarity. dren of District 20 is what came across dur- tive voters in the suburbs will African-Americans all over the closer to the people, speaking their language, listen- Christ is God; they say he is the Son of God. ing my interview with him. be a vote Pataki loses. country will be singing their ing to their hopes and their hurts, understanding They also publish their own bible which is — Josephine Sciacca Considering the circum- praises for having elected the who they are and where they’re coming from. He called the New World Bible and they omit all These facts can be verified by going into To the editor: stances, McCall’s surge is really first black man ever to the gover- might even want to read up on one of his predeces- verses pertaining to the deity of Jesus Christ. their Web site.—Jacqueline Kassar I would briefly like to take this opportunity quite extraordinary, but Carl norship of New York State. sors, Fiorello La Guardia. But getting his photo tak- Without Jesus Christ there is no Christian- to mention that I have worked at PS 112 (7115 McCall does have a few things McCall is coming on fast. en while riding the subway doesn’t really cut it. ity! Without the atoning death of Jesus Christ 15th Ave.) since 1977. I’ve worked in the ca- going for him. Everyone who The only question now is And neither does the idea that computer magic is on the cross there is no Christianity! It must Standing by Grippo pacity of a common branch substitute, Special knows the man likes him. I’ll whether he has enough time to the answer to every problem, or a substitute for the be the whole counsel of God — with the To the editor: Education teacher with a “Mis I” population bet that if truth be told, George catch Pataki. warm, personal, un-programmed chemistry around Blood of Jesus Christ, who is God, and must I am a reading specialist at Public School and currently as a support service provider. Pataki likes this gentle, urbane, Alan S. Chartock is the execu- people that always defined our greatest leaders. be God, to procure salvation for us; and 112 in Community School District 20. I was My job is not and has never been in jeop- courageous and knowledgeable tive publisher of The Legislative Dick Ryan is a columnist for the American those who do not affirm these doctrines can- hired by Superintendent Grippo last year. I ardy by Mr. Grippo or anyone else in District self-made man. He has traveled Gazette, a weekly newspaper Catholic, a national monthly Catholic newspaper. not call themselves Christians. have not at any time during my time in this 20. Thank you. — Jo-Ann Zaccaria the state, helping local govern- about New York government.

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING Governing with hands tied: The Art of Marty

ARTY MARKOWITZ, “Mr. Brook- noting the newly refurbished office with College to serve as liaison in a consor- the greatest number of Brooklynites,” lyn,” loves the diversity of this new lights, a scatter rug celebrating the tium of Brooklyn’s public and private Marty claimed. For this reason, he is 26 Court St, Suite 506, Brooklyn NY 11242 Mborough and the challenge that Brooklyn Cyclones baseball team, higher education institutions. Each of working with Joan Hodges — the wid- (718) 834-9350 the role of borough president offers sports photos on the walls and soon, old the units has a market value with a ow of Brooklyn Dodgers great Gil him. After all, Borough Hall is the seat Ebbets Field seats that he’ll get in ex- product to sell, so he would like them to Hodges — to attract a franchise here. Published weekly, 50 times a year, by Brooklyn Paper of the government of Brooklyn and change for the Yankee Stadium seats he be better integrated with the business Publications Inc. Established 1978. Copyright 2002. But Brooklyn is still ripe for exciting Marty sees himself as “a regional vice found in the basement. community. times. This July, Wingate Field and Sea- • PARK SLOPE GROUP: Park Slope Paper, Windsor Terrace Edition, president.” But it’s in “a deplorable state,” Marty Several controversial issues have aris- side Park will again host concerts of pop- Sunset Park Paper “But it’s not an easy job,” admitted • DOWNTOWN GROUP: Brooklyn Heights Paper, Downtown News, said, and badly needs repairs. Physical- en in the past six months. When he can- ular and oldies music with performers Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Paper, Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Paper Markowitz — who likes to be called ly, the building has suffered from shod- celled a planned Brooklyn Bridge fete in like Jay and the Americans and The • BAY RIDGE GROUP: Bay Ridge Paper, Bensonhurst Paper. Marty — in a conversation we had at dy maintenance and repair work in the response to terror alerts in June, the may- Brooklyn Bridge, and “Celebrate Brook- • MIDWOOD GROUP: Midwood, Kensington and Ocean Parkway Papers. Borough Hall recently. Because of the 1980s so the roof leaks onto the third or and police commissioner attacked him lyn” will echo through Prospect Park. time demands and financial limitations floor and walls are pockmarked by fall- publicly. Marty was surprised at the may-

PUBLISHER: Celia Weintrob (ext 104) Jerry Abramowitz OBERT DIAMOND is restoring limit- of the office since the last City Charter en plaster. As “caretaker,” he hopes con- or’s terse reaction but felt that the cancel- PRESIDENT: Ed Weintrob (ext 105) ed trolley service in Red Hook, revision, the power base has eroded struction orders will be bid out in the lation was appropriate, since he was pres- JOHN MANBECK much to the borough president’s MANAGING EDITOR from the position and the borough pres- coming months. sured to act. “Next year, it will happen, R Neil Sloane (ext 119) ident has a restricted role. As anyone who followed the first though, bigger and better. We’ll have a delight, and the Brooklyn Museum of FEATURES EDITOR: Lisa J. Curtis (ext 131) As many as 120 employees worked 100 days of Markowitz’s borough presi- be “three years ago,” as well as 300. His ‘Celebration of the Bridges,’ because the Art promises to be as controversial as ever with its exhibits and new grand en- SENIOR EDITOR & PRODUCTION MANAGER: for previous borough presidents, now dency well knows, George Washington appointment of Ron Schweiger as Williamsburg Bridge will celebrate its Vince DiMiceli (ext 125) only 88 remain, with many in civil serv- no longer sleeps there. Brooklyn historian leaves the science centennial then.” trance. Markowitz has no argument with the museum’s director, Arnold Lehman’s STAFF REPORTERS ice positions. Trying to cover as many “I was misquoted by the conservative teacher-historian with a free rein “to The Markowitz campaign to prod Patrick Gallahue (ext 123), Heather J. Wilson (ext 122) public events as possible, Markowitz press,” he said of the “old white men” make something of the job.” Markowitz Brooklynites into losing weight has been right to express artistic opinions in this ADVERTISING STAFF still finds he must delegate duties. If an- comment that last January drew the wants him to recommend subjects for somewhat successful as a health issue but “sleeping giant of a museum.” “Bravo, Susan Littman (ext 116), Nancy McGrath (ext 112), other charter revision ever reaches the Markowitz regime its first moment of events and to give him advice and com- even better as publicity. He has received Arnold Lehman!” Marty cheered. Allen Nilson Roxanne West (ext 114), (ext 111) polls, an alteration in the borough presi- major media attention. The freshly inau- ment on historical issues. He hopes positive commentary from the press in But foremost, as the borough presi- PRODUCTION STAFF dent’s role might include increased bor- gurated borough president came under Schweiger will plan historical occasions Japan, Germany, England, Spain and dent “advocates for minorities,” come Art Director: Leah Mitch (ext 127), that celebrate Brooklyn and will lead the needs of Brooklyn’s citizenry for Ad Designer: Kevin Takasato (ext 126), ough power. fire after taking down a portrait of Australia for his “Lighten Up.” He shed Receptionist: Sabrina Abreu (ext 101) He sees himself as an advocate for Washington from his office wall in an Borough Hall to participate more in city- 11 pounds, short of his goal of 15. Yet he marketable subsidized housing. To aid OFFICE MANAGER: Teresa Addair (ext 117) the citizens of New York’s most popu- effort to replace some of what he flip- wide events, such as the Gotham History still touts Brooklyn’s restaurants “as the them, Borough Hall needs more person- lous borough. For that reason, he needs pantly labeled the “old white men” Festival and the New York History Fair. best quality and value.” nel to serve the needs of special inter- COMPOSITION OWNERSHIP: Entire contents copyright 2002 Brook- to work responsibly with the mayor and whose portraits adorned the walls of This year, a Brooklyn student won the Now he is adjusting to the transition ests, he said, including a full-time immi- lyn Paper Publications Inc. All ads and other content prepared by our first prize for National History Day. gration specialist, an education staff, including ART WORK, DESIGN and COPY, remain the sole prop- the governor. “I promise,” he pledged, Borough Hall. from his 23 years as state senator to his erty of The Brooklyn Papers and may not be reproduced elsewhere “to have a civil, respectful relationship” “I would like to add to the portraits ARKOWITZ is “not a happy election as borough president. Every state specialist and a multi-linguist to com- without the Publisher’s written permission. municate with the “large Russian, Hait- ADVERTISING: Subject to Terms Governing Acceptance of Advertising with them. But he also vowed “not to be around Borough Hall and rearrange camper” on the shift in power of law impacts the borough, he noted. “Each published in our latest rate card. a doormat.” them, not remove them,” Marty told the Board of Education, though. borough president,” he said, “is a county ian and Pakistani” populations. EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: The Brooklyn Papers assumes no re- M Marty’s wish to Brooklyn is that resi- sponsibility for unsolicited materials. Articles, story ideas, letters, photog- NE OF THE DIFFICULTIES with me. They need more representative di- “Not Tweed,” he said, in reference to executive,” and therefore the state has a raphy, and all other materials delivered to The Brooklyn Papers, whether Brooklyn is its size and the lack versity, he said, noting that the judges the proposed transfer of the city’s edu- responsibility to Brooklyn. Perhaps each dents should rise above and be as happy or not solicited by Publisher or Publisher’s agent and whether or not they contain restrictions on publication or use, will be treated as un- of an adequate communications should be in the second-floor courtroom cation headquarters to the Tweed Court- borough should have representation on in their jobs as he is in his. To help us all, conditionally assigned for publication and copyright purposes, unless O Brooklynites should volunteer for local otherwise agreed in writing by the Publisher prior to publication. All sub- body. The major newspapers only offer and the former mayors should be house, just north of City Hall. The the board of the state-run Metropolitan missions become the property of The Brooklyn Papers and will not be lip service to the boroughs; the neigh- grouped elsewhere. board should move out of 110 Liv- Transportation Agency, he suggested. community interests and to be generous in returned; submissions may be edited and may be published or otherwise reused in any medium by or with permission of The Brooklyn Papers. borhood press is limited in its distribu- In addition, he would like to use the ingston St. in Downtown Brooklyn and Marty’s interest in sports is evident giving donations, Markowitz said. CIRCULATION: Net figures, based on period norms. tion; New York 1 is not widely re- rotunda as a gallery for Brooklyn artists relocate in East New York, he said, to from the new decor in his office. He has All this from “Mr. Brooklyn, through MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS: Including First Class postage: $100 per year and through.” per weekly paper ($300 for one copy of one paper from each different ceived; and most computer news in rotating exhibits and the community “put the educational administration into talked to the Cyclones about getting a Group), prepaid. Foreign orders higher. Back issues, when available, per services do not disseminate local issues. room for traveling art shows. The build- the heartland.” That would show that double-A team, but for now the man- John Manbeck is the former Brooklyn copy — last eight weeks, $1; earlier this year, $2; last year, $5; earlier years, $10. Add $2 per copy postage and handling. All orders prepaid. Marty will distribute an electronic ing needs to come alive, to show its per- the mayor is prepared to face issues and agement remains satisfied with selling borough historian. He was recently ap- EMPLOYMENT: From time to time, candidates may be considered for newsletter because direct mail bites into petual youth and the diversity of Brook- to solve problems. out Keyspan Park all season with just a pointed to the state Local Historians Ad- current and future positions. Letters of inquiry for editorial positions should be addressed to the Managing Editor; inquiries for other posi- a bare-bones budget. If he can find lyn. A balance must be maintained and The borough president is investigat- short-season single-A team. What he visory Council by Education Commis- tions should be addressed to the Publisher, specifying position. sponsors, he will even publish books for that reason he has appointed Liz ing the concerns on other levels of edu- feels would be a jolt to Brooklyn’s sioner Richard Mills and Deputy AWARD-WINNING MEMBER: National Newspaper Association and Independent Free Papers of America. about the historic borough. Koch to oversee the art projects. cation, too. He asked Dr. Oliver Klap- sports adrenaline level would be an Commissioner of Cultural Education “This building is history,” he said, In Markowitz’s concept, history can per of Kingsborough Community NBA team. “Only basketball appeals to Carole Huxley. 12 BWN, DTG THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM October 21, 2002

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BitesDelicious diversity t’s time again for the borough’s annual culinary fete, Brooklyn Eats, at the New York Marriott Brooklyn, and time again to marvel at the variety Iof scrumptious cuisines available in our own backyards. Join GO Brooklyn on a delicious journey as we travel to Park Slope for Cocotte’s French fare (GO 3), to Brooklyn Heights for Kapa- dokya’s Turkish cuisine (GO 12), to Cobble Hill for Whim’s ocean of pleasures (GO 4), and to Fort Greene’s Sol and Cobble Hill’s Latin Grill to discover Nuevo Latino dishes. Although Brooklyn is currently awash in a world of dining options, credit must be given to our dining pioneers. The Brooklyn Papers, now entering its 25th year, offers our congratulations to another Brook- Brooklyn’s variety of cuisine includes Kapadokya’s Turkish dishes such as this mixed grilled plat- lyn institution celebrating its silver anniversary, The River Cafe (see story this ter (above) and Cocotte’s country French fare including escargot with roasted butternut squash page), which took a chance on the borough’s waterfront long before it was considered palatable. (far right). All photos The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango Bon appetit! — Lisa J. Curtis Eating Brooklyn Silver service For food lovers, Brooklyn Eats is the only place to be on Oct. 21 River Cafe’s Buzzy O’Keeffe celebrates By Tina Barry for The Brooklyn Papers

25 years of fine dining in Brooklyn here is one evening a year when you can eat corn bread, sushi, escargot and an ice cream sundae, and wash it down with a glass By Tina Barry was a kid. I was always very aes- Tof white Bordeaux or an artisanal micro-brew, all under one roof. for The Brooklyn Papers thetic,” says O’Keeffe. “My On Oct. 21, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, the Brooklyn Chamber mother’s friend was a florist for of Commerce will present its sixth annual “Brooklyn Eats” event ichael “Buzzy” O’Keeffe the foremost restaurant of that to be held in the Grand Ballroom of the New York Marriott is sitting outside on the ter- time Le Pavillon. I helped her car- Brooklyn on Adams Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Mrace of The River Cafe ry flowers into the restaurant’s This year, the event will feature roughly 50 savvy restaurateurs and feeding pieces of hand-buttered basement on 57th and Park in caterers and 40 wine and microbrew purveyors from throughout the country bread to Jackie and Wales, Manhattan. Henri Soule, the own- borough who want in on the year’s hippest Brooklyn food happening. his matching Jack Russell terriers. er, was the man who first brought “New restaurants join us every year. They know that Brooklyn Eats “Have you tried this bread? It’s beautiful flowers to the table. We is an all-encompassing, premium food and beverage-tasting event, excellent. So is this butter. It’s the try to recreate that beauty here.” and a great showcase for Brooklyn food enterprises,” said the event’s best. Very pure,” says O’Keeffe. O’Keeffe’s love for flowers is ev- producer, Martha Bear Dallis, of Bear Dallis Associates. Apparently the twins eat very ident throughout the cafe. Stepping Two of this year’s newcomers include Cocotte, a French bistro well. into the restaurant’s vestibule one is in Park Slope [see review on page GO3], and Isobel, a Mediter- The finest bread and butter are met with the fresh, green scent of a ranean restaurant on Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights. small but important details in boy’s pants are too long. It’s all in fine florist’s shop, and a greenhouse Ben Weiner, co-owner of Isobel said, “Introducing yourself to what makes up The River Cafe, the details.” The details add up to worth of softly lit potted plants and Brooklyn is like introducing yourself to the world. Brooklyn Eats O’Keeffe’s venerable restaurant, what O’Keeffe considers The River baskets of lilies. On each table in the is a premier event. We know we’ll be in good company.” long considered the jewel in the Cafe’s “special experience. We have main dining room are full bouquets On the evening of the event, three $1,000 scholarships will be crown of fine Brooklyn dining es- to do things above and beyond to of fresh, peach-colored roses. awarded to seniors of the New York City College of Technology tablishments. This month, the create an escape for our diners.” And then, there’s the view. (formerly Polytechnic University) in Downtown Brooklyn, who are restaurant, which juts out onto the The escape begins at the entrance During the day the room feels enrolled in the school’s Hospitality Management program. The East River, celebrates its first quar- to the cafe’s grounds where a cob- tranquil with the shimmering sun- scholarships were created by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce ter century. blestone walk flows into a garden. shine on the East River reflecting to honor seniors who demonstrate excellence in academic and com- “I use a digital recorder all day,” Winding paths flanked with bench- off the room’s mirrored walls, and munity service. O’Keeffe tells me, pulling one es weave through the park-like set- flat out glamorous in the evening Escape pod: (Inset) Restaurateur Michael “Buzzy” O’- Plan on fasting for several days before — and after — the event. from the pocket of his navy blue ting abloom with flowers and shad- when the twinkling lights of Low- Keeffe’s love for flowers is evident inside and around his To purchase tickets, call (718) 875-1000 ext. 108. For more infor- blazer. “Little reminders: fix the ed with lush trees. er Manhattan are in full view from River Cafe, which is celebrating 25 years of providing mation and to order tickets online log onto www.ibrooklyn.com. umbrellas; polish the brass; the bus “I’ve been into flowers since I See RIVER on page GO 4 “an escape” for diners. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango Prepaid tickets are $50, and tickets purchased at the door are $65.

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As long as there’s a greens, tomatoes, and herbs they pound of pasta, an Italian can make magic. started as seeds on a quarter acre in Food is a very important part of an Far Rockaway alongside flowers and baby lettuces that they’ve grown right Italian’s culture and we at Aunt Suzie’s would in Red Hook. like to share with you. These gardening youths are involved in a program called Added Mangia! Value, which is proving, among other things, that it’s possible to farm in It takes a village: (Left to right) Added Value youth member Jose Felix, even the most urban areas of Brook- Added Value co-director Michael Hurwitz, members Eugene Harris and lyn. The variety, quantity and pristine quality that Added Value brings to Richard Fraser, Ralph Sostre of Thistle Down Farms, members Jasminah Rex- Coffey Park every Saturday is cause ach and Tevon McNair, Cornell University Cooperative Extension intern for wonder. Brooke Gentile, Added Value co-director Ian Marvy, Jan Verl of Toigo Farms For starters, who would think to and Ben Osbourne of Greener Pastures at the farmers’ market in Red Hook. gather a group of high schoolers and (At right) Added Value offers Red Hook residents a much-needed source for turn them on to growing vegetables? fresh produce, and job opportunities for local teens. The Brooklyn Papers / Tom Callan The idea dawned on Ian Marvy, the co-founder of Added Value, while he was directing the Red Hook Youth DINING During the winter of 2000-‘01, right.” farmed inorganically. In Red Hook ierkraft Court. Marvy and co-founder Michael they consulted experts and residents Ask Jasminah Rexach, 15, why she they plant in containers or raised beds, Hurwitz began working with kids in a Added Value is at 305 Van Brunt about the feasibility of their plans. decided to join Added Value, and since the soil contains heavy metals. St. between Pioneer and King streets B Red Hook community garden as com- in Red Hook. For more information or They secured land in Far Rockaway she’ll tell you she “wanted to do Added Value’s baby lettuces are munity service work for the Youth to make a donation of money, time or and on Wolcott Street in Red Hook, something, not sit around and do tender and flavorful, without the Gourmet Grocery Court. resources, call (718) 855-5531. and they recruited kids by word of nothing.” Fair enough. She says she droopy, torn leaves of greens trucked The Red Hook Farmers’ Market & Beer Emporium Added Value’s roots are in this gar- takes place in Coffey Park, at the corner mouth and through Hurwitz’s work at likes watering and planting; harvest- in from afar. The young salespeople den. Once, while Marvy and Hurwitz of Richards and Pioneer streets, every George Westinghouse High School in ing is harder. But her mom is pleased encourage shoppers to try the green were weeding with a young man on Saturday, from 9 am to 3 pm, from the Downtown Brooklyn. with the tomatoes, peppers and flow- peppers or purple pole beans. One of 191 FIfth Avenue third week of June through the Satur- staff at the Youth Court, Marvy pulled day before Thanksgiving (weather per- But what does it really take to con- ers she brings home. their next projects will be Saturday Brooklyn, NY 11217 up a dandelion green and ate it. mitting). Over the next two months, vince a self-respecting teenager to get There’s a lot of sweaty labor in- cooking demonstrations, to foster in- “That’s gross,” his companions told they will be giving away several 15- to down in the mud in Tommy Hilfiger volved in bringing excellent vegeta- terest in new ingredients. 20-pound organic, free-range turkeys. (718) 230-7600 him. They weren’t convinced by an All vendors at the Red Hook Farmer’s jeans to pull weeds? It takes enthusi- bles to the farmers’ market each The goals of this improbable enter- explanation of the health benefits of Market accept EBT, MasterCard, Visa astic leaders, the intrigue of doing week. Pedro Rodriguez, 17, said it’s prise are unlike those of the other www.bierkraft.com the green, nor did they consider it ap- and NYCE debit cards. something new and a real wage. “easy, once you get into it. Except for farmers at the Red Hook market; it’s petizing when he suggested sauteing In April 2001, Added Value was up weeding in the hot sun.” not a moneymaking proposition. Explore our artisanally it with bacon. To them, the leaf wasn’t and running with 15 participants, and Overall, Ralph Sostre, 15, finds Nonetheless, Added Value workers oriented cheese collection, food yet. out to offer neighborhood teens an op- the farmers’ market was a reality. In Added Value less taxing than his oth- earn a monthly stipend that amounts So Marvy put it in numbers, say- portunity to grow food, learn about addition to the kids in the program, er job, house painting. He says there’s to about $6 an hour. Sales at the extensive craft beer selection ing, “If we take this 10-foot by 10- nutrition and develop leadership many others frequent Added Value’s more sitting down and more fun. And weekend market bring in, at most, foot plot, grow 50 heads of dandelion skills. Van Brunt Street office. It’s a clut- he likes eating the collards, although half these labor costs. About a third of (including over 100 Belgian and sell them at $1 per quarter head, The initial plan was to sell their tered, open-doors kind of place, he leaves the cooking to his mother. the program’s expenses for the next three times a summer, we can make produce on a traveling cart in the where Marvy and Hurwitz sit chat- The produce these kids sell is three years have been covered by out- beers) and our dandy over $500 from $1.25 in seeds.” neighborhood. Then, the Big R Super- ting, listening, helping with resume supremely fresh, clean and well preside funding, including money from That did the trick. market closed, leaving 11,000-plus writing or offering the use of their fax sented. The soil they farm in Far Independence Community Bank. assortment of gourmet “When can we get started?” the residents of Red Hook without a ma- machine. Rockaway has a high mineral content, Marvy recently received an Echoing goodies. young man asked. jor grocery store. (This was the case These guys are realistic optimists, which produces strong-flavored leafy Green Fellowship, and he and Hur- This was all it took to convince through the spring and most of the and it’s clear they have a rapport with greens and intense, fresh herbs. witz just paid themselves for the first Custom Gift Baskets Hurwitz, with his background in so- summer of 2001.) the teenagers with whom they work. “We had a couple restaurateurs last time, although they are not yet salaried. cial work, Little League coaching and So Marvy and Hurwitz “decided to Not that the teens selling vegetables at year, coming down to buy [our herbs], “That,” Marvy grins, “is the non- Tastings-Tuesdays, 7PM working with Red Hook youths, and bite off more than we could chew and the farmers’ market exhibit the same because they’re that kind of quality,” profit world.” Marvy, whose career has encom- start a farmer’s market … to bring unbridled enthusiasm. Asked if they Marvy says with pride. Although they passed almost as much work with high-quality, fresh produce to Red like growing and selling food, the pre- aren’t certified organic, the farming is Zoe Singer is a freelance food food as with young people. They set Hook at fair prices,” said Marvy. dominant response was, “Yeah, it’s al- organic, and their land has never been writer and Brooklyn native.

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(If you’re a W Proudly Serving Patrons Under wonton wrappers?” killjoy, there are raw oysters, a few “What about a decent Indian cur- salads and grilled fish that can be or- The Gas-Lit Chandeliers for The Past 123 Years ry?” dered without sauce, but Cocotte is- Pose those questions to any Park n’t the place for self-denial.) Ooh la la: Cocotte’s tomato- 372 Fulton St. (off Jay St.) (718) 875-5181 Slope foodie and you’ll receive the Part of the pleasure of Cocotte is coconut bouillabaisse (above) is a DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN “Don’t even ask” New York eye roll. the dining room, which has none of spicy stew of shrimp, scallops, Complimentary Valet Parking • www.gageandtollner.com “Not in this neighborhood,” they’ll the standard, cliched bistro accou- cod, mussels, salmon and lob- tell you. Until recently, if you men- trements: no huge mirrors; no cop- ster. This new French restaurant, tioned a yen for escargots or bouilla- per-colored walls; no French Proven- at Fifth Avenue and Fourth Street, baisse, there’d be no end to the “they cal fabrics or lace curtains. The mood eschews the usual bistro decor in have it, and we don’t” whining and is country farmhouse, but this is the HAPPY hand wringing. dining room of a prosperous farm, favor of a country farmhouse look. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango HOUR While the area is challenged in the not a hardscrabble one. In the Tues-Fri: Chinese and Indian cuisine depart- evening, the room is dark and moody 5-7pm ments, those who with wall sconces ness of the meat, but an accompanying # crave traditional replacing over- potato galette (a layered potato cake), $2.50 Beer French cooking DINING head lighting and while utterly, decadently delicious, in a setting that candles on the ta- made for a heavy threesome. Cocotte (337 Fifth Ave. at Fourth isn’t lace curtain Street in Park Slope) accepts cash bles casting a soft, Pryor’s desserts follow entrees cute, are in luck. only. Entrees: $8-$21. For reserva- flattering glow. with a similar nod to tradition. Her In August, Chris- tions, call (718) 832-6848. Tables are rough- creme brulee is hands down the finest fine american cuisine tine and Bill hewn wood and, creme brulee I’ve had this year. The Snell, neighbor- for better or worse, creme is delicately lemon-flavored hood folk, and owners of the much- so are the hard-bottomed chairs. and so silky that it must be savored loved bistro Loulou in Fort Greene, Of the appetizers we tried, the foie very slowly. Over the top of the opened Park Slope’s first “country gras with raisin brioche bread pud- creme is caramelized sugar, as thin style” French bistro on Fifth Avenue, ding and leeks in a port wine glaze and crackly as a fall leaf, tasting (in a Cocotte. was the most complex and delicious. good way) like grilled marshmal- What chef Bill Snell, who originat- Take a forkful of the buttery duck liv- lows. Candied pieces of lemon rind ed Loulou’s popular, seafood-based er, with its winy flavor and perfectly added a little chewiness — what a menu, with executive chef Manuel seared edge. Add to your fork a bit of sinful delight! Rueda, offers at Cocotte are true the airy, souffle-like, not sweet, bread A chilled strawberry Sauvignon French classics: escargots, foie gras pudding, and it’s like holding a meaty, tender yet still a bit chewy, contrasted dense mound of scallion-flavored souffle was less successful. It tasted too and crepes. winy, bit of cloud in your mouth. The beautifully with the gnocchi. [Editors mashed potatoes and thin, crisp as- much like whipped cream and not There is something daring about port wine glaze lent just the tiniest bit note: The frog legs have since been paragus, sat in a small puddle of enough like strawberries, but a multi- Snell’s “here are the classics, don’t of sweetness and an edge of bitterness taken off the menu.] chunky roasted tomato and caper layered chocolate Grand Marnier torte, you love them?” menu. In fact, little that made for blissful, sensory over- I found the escargot a la bour- beurre blanc (butter and wine sauce). served in a slice that could satisfy a has been done to lighten the dishes. load. guignonne (snails in parsley, garlic The sauce tasted of ripe, sweet, sum- table of six, had the consistency of That is all for the good. Seafood chowder with a light, and butter), pungent and nicely gar- mer tomatoes, and the capers lent the devil’s food cake with the slightly bit- Snell’s dishes, and pastry chef Va- creamy broth was loaded with briny licky, but somewhat greasy, and the dish a salty quality that perfectly ter edge of good, dark chocolate. lerie Pryor’s desserts, are often rich, clam flavor, and frog legs, that looked snails, though tender, had little flavor. complemented the sweet fish. Christine Snell has momentarily lunch • dinner • brunch yet not cloying, and they’re lusty. like they might have belonged to a My dining companion, on the other One delicious, but over-the-top en- taken leave of Loulou to oversee the Nothing timid comes out of their svelte Cornish hen, tasted like delicate hand, adored it. tree, is the veal in a cream sauce. The dining room of the Snells’ new ven- kitchen. white fish and, yes, a little like white Each evening a whole grilled fish edge of the veal is seared and crisp. ture. With her good humor and hon- 519 Fifth Avenue (bet. 13th & 14th St.) What a diner must do to enjoy a chicken meat. The legs, sauteed in of the day is offered. The daurade The cream sauce, although full of veal est appreciation of her patrons, she meal at Cocotte is to embrace the in- garlic butter, were served with ethere- (sea bream) was perfectly grilled, flavor, was too rich. On the plate are creates an aura of friendship that adds (718) 965-8675 • • FREE DELIVERY gredients that make classic French al, sage-flecked gnocchi — another moist inside, with skin so crisp it crisp haricot verts (thin string beans) one more element of pleasure to din- Open until Midnight Tues-Sat; until 11pm Sun; Closed Mon dishes so delicious: butter and cream. interesting play of textures. The legs, crackled. 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Pastry Shoppe for The Brooklyn Papers The “raw bar” is an oversized keg filled with ice. On top of Provence en boite ow fickle is the restaurant that impromptu setup sit Belon, business? In May I wrote a Blue Point and Malpeque oys- 8303 3rd Ave. bet. 83rd & 84th Sts. – BAY RIDGE Hreview for GO Brooklyn ters so fresh with that steely, salt- Tel (718) 759-1515 Fax (718) 759-1745 about a bistro called Copper on water tang that I shuddered for a RESTAURANT Degraw Street in Cobble Hill; second after I swallowed one. A Michael’s Tues-Sun 8am-10:30pm • • www.provenceenboite.com five months later I’m reviewing metal “oyster caddy” — a bas- 2929 Avenue R (at Nostrand Ave.) • (718) 998-7851 Whim, a restaurant that opened ket filled with Gold’s white in early October at the same ad- horseradish, a house-made dress. Bloody Mary cocktail sauce (El- The new owner is Cobble liot eschews ketchup on Hill resident Marc Elliot, who, seafood), a blue ginger CAFE & EATERY after stints at the Star Room in Mignonette (fresh ginger and its alicia’s the Hamptons, and time behind juice replace the usual shallots, the stove in Manhattan’s Inde- and blue curacao liqueur is the pendent, Noho Star and Cafete- colorful alternative to white The Your ria, opened Whim (named for wine) and wedges of lemon, Whimsy from the sea: Chef Marc Elliot’s capocollo- the ease in which Elliot can limes and juicing oranges — is wrapped monkfish, served with oven roasted tomatoes change his menu), his first offered if you prefer your oysters and grilled asparagus with a bordelaise sauce, is a winner Pearl Room neighborhood restaurant serving mostly adulterated. at Whim. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango seafood. For those craving lunch What Whim has that you restaurant with on the half shell, Whim’s raw won’t find in a shack or lobster fectly cooked mussels still in the But sides are the real thing here. bar opens at noon. pound, and often misses the shell. Crisp yellow corn kernels Wasabi (a root similar to horse- great food Elliot credits Rebecca mark in upscale New England float in a stock that is brawny radish) mashed potatoes were Charles, chef-owner of the Pearl restaurants, are more polished with the taste of shellfish and chunky, creamy with a lingering Grilled salmon with garlic mashed potatoes. Oyster Bar in Manhattan, as his seafood preparations that retain mellowed with a touch of heat from the wasabi, and plenty inspiration for the food and the all the lustiness of anything cream. of sauteed garlic mellowed a Restaurant OOD setting of this new place. you’d eat with pliers and a side Of the larger plates, the tangle of fresh spinach. and G Charles’ tiny space capocollo-wrapped monkfish The restaurant was only three S! in the West Village was the most successful. At its days old when I visited, so a few eclectic is little more than a DINING best, monkfish can mimic the things were still in flux. A basket Oyster Bar FRIEND large, well-lit count- taste and texture of lobster; at of rolls or good, chewy bread Whim (243 Degraw St. at Clinton Street Garden Dining american cuisine er with comfortable in Cobble Hill) accepts American Express, its worst it can taste like dirt and butter should be placed on Chef Sijbe with owner Wayne Anderson. stools. She serves and possess the density of a sea the tables. A dessert menu hadn’t Visa and MasterCard. Entrees: $7-$16. For Available for Private Functions casual atmosphere • kid friendly the kind of unpre- information, call (718) 797-2017. sponge. Elliot wraps his fish in been finalized, but the one dinner tues-sun 6-11pm • brunch sat&sun 10am-4pm tentious food New a slice of capocollo (an Italian dessert offered — sliced straw- Englanders take for cured ham) then roasts the filet berries served in a martini glass 8201 Third Avenue granted — lobster rolls, chow- of melted butter. For sea-phobic in the oven. What emerges is a with a dollop of whipped cream Brooklyn, NY 11209 10 Columbia Place bet State & Joralemon ders and cleanly fried seafood. eaters there’s a hanger steak, a pleasantly salted filet, moist — was the perfect, uncomplicat- parties of 4 or more Tel: 718.833.6666 Fax: 718.680.4172 (718) 532-0050/532-0069 • • call for reservatons On any given evening, loyal lamb dish and a vegetarian pot- from the fat of the ham and still ed dessert to follow our meal. New Yorkers who rarely find pie on the menu. faintly sweet. He serves the filet Bread pudding, a molten choco- Charles’ brand of seaside com- The dinner menu is divided over a rich fish and veal stock. late cake (yawn, this dessert has fort food on their own turf can into “small plates” and “large Slow roasting asparagus, served been a has-been for some time be seen downing big bowls of plates.” Listed under small plates on the side, brings out their nut- now) and fresh fruit are being g – t chowder perched along her is the corn-and-lobster chowder, ty flavor and a few sweet oven- added shortly. Wines will ferin od a ! counter. a bargain at $9. This sophisticat- roasted tomatoes make a deli- change on the whim of Elliot Of Fo rices In keeping with Charles’ ed soup — not as rustic as cious trio with the fish. and his wine purveyor. P model of the honest, pull-up-a- chowder and too opulent for Slight overcooking marred an If Elliot continues to do what stool, roadside place, Elliot has bisque — fills a bowl large otherwise delicious striped bass he’s started — give the neigh- High-End painted the once tangerine walls enough to feed two as a first filet. A note on the menu states borhood a comfortable place in $elf-$ervice of this tiny space an electric blue course or as a light dinner for that the fish is cooked medium- which to kick back and serve the and hung a mascot of sorts over one. rare to medium. I prefer fish rare kind of straightforward seafood the dining room door — an And, it’s a beauty. and should have asked for it that people crave at prices they can enormous shark with a benevo- Circling a mound of fresh way. Roasted to medium, the afford — it’s going to take more Serving fine Italian Cuisine lent smile that’s more campy lobster meat and shrimp are per- striped bass was somewhat dry. than a whim to get a seat there. Parking is available. Dine in or take out. DON’T MISS THIS TUESDAY’S SPECIAL! lure culinary talent into his Wine lover’s night – Any bottled wine on list 1/2 price kitchen. A hit parade of super- All specials valid 5pm to 10pm excluding holidays Chef George Wong RIVER... star chefs can be counted among the cafe’s alumni includ- Continued from page GO 1 • Graduated with honors, Art Institute of NY ing David Burke, Charlie • Member of the American Culinary Federation any of the 130 seats. Palmer, Rick Laakkonen and Cono’s Opescatoré “I was coming home from Larry Forgione. It was under 301 Graham Avenue (cor. Ainslie St.) (718) 388-0168 the Army, driving along the O’Keeffe’s tutelage that For- Williamsburg • • Open 7 days 11am-11pm – TAKE OUT – BQE,” O’Keeffe begins the gione honed his much-applaud- story of the cafe’s evolution. “I ed nouvelle-American dishes. Bay Ridge /Bensonhurst only looked over and saw this,” he “Larry wanted to cook says, gesturing toward the French,” says O’Keeffe “but I boats slowly cruising along the steered him into American 8405 5th Avenue • BAY RIDGE river and the unencumbered cooking.” view of the skyline. “I was ab- He adds, “I was one of the 2 Fifteen (718) 238-1300 solutely stunned. I got off at first restaurateurs to preach nu- this detour and this [the ground trition. I told Larry that he had Cucina Napolitana where the River Cafe sits] was The River Cafe’s chef Brad Steelman, in the restaurant’s din- to take nutrition into considera- a parking lot. A kind of lovers’ tion. We squeeze fresh orange ing room, with his terrine of foie gras. Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango lane. Priests came here to pray. and fresh grapefruit juices “ A TASTE OF ITALY” Rabbis. The place just had a everyday. We use butter, but we Join Us magic about it.” O’Keeffe says with use a little bit. I’ve told my O’Keeffe found the spot he satisfaction. DINING chefs a teaspoon of butter would Authentic Neapolitan Cuisine Halloween was looking for to build “the It took 12 years of fry a trout just as well as a quar- Night kind of beautiful waterfront teeth gnashing and The River Cafe (1 Water St. at Old Ful- ter pound.” Live Entertainment: Friday & Saturday ton Street) accepts MasterCard, American Thurs. Oct. 31 restaurant I admired in Italy bureaucratic hag- Express and Visa. A three-course dinner is Executive chef Brad Steel- Joe Santenello on Piano and Monte Carlo.” Few people gling before The $70; a six course-tasting menu is $90. For man, once the sous chef for an- 8-11pm shared his vision. “Everyone, River Cafe opened reservations call (718) 522-5200. other of O’Keeffe’s waterfront The Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory (1 Wa- For Fun, hundreds of people, told me I its doors in 1977. ter St. at Old Fulton Street) accepts cash ventures, The Water Club in Daily Specials and Full Bar Laughs, was crazy — absolutely crazy “Even after we only. Ice cream is priced from $1.50 for a Manhattan, now oversees the to come to Brooklyn.” opened,” says junior cone to $6.50 for a banana split. For cafe’s kitchen. Steelman’s din- We cater private parties and a Killer information, call (718) 246-3963 or (718) Dinner as we It was the late 1960s when O’Keeffe “the deliv- 875-0087. ner menu — served in three 215 Columbia Street, Carroll Gardens present O’Keefe began making plans. erymen who brought courses, or as a six-course tast- Every bank declined to extend a all our exotic materi- ing selection — reflects the (betw. Union & Sacket Sts.) Murder loan; naysayers whispered ru- als — the foie gras, the fine inducing view, its emphasis on same attention to detail that Open 7 days, Sun - Thurs: 11am-10pm mors of mob corruption in the wines, all the special produce American cuisine, just coming goes into the restaurant’s decor Fri - Sat: 11am-11pm Mystery neighborhood; and naval archi- — were afraid to come here. into vogue at that time, and an and attentive service. tects gave the thumbs down to They thought there were people international wine list with an With access to the finest pro- $60 erecting the cafe on wooden here with spears on the side of eclectic selection of bottles, visions, Steelman can offer ap- Tickets on barges. “A lot of naval architects the road. Of course it was per- quickly made the cafe a draw for petizers like prosciutto and mel- Sale Now! were telling me that the way I fectly safe.” sophisticated diners. on. In addition to those two wanted to build — it couldn’t Once opened, The River The cafe’s popularity is due in ingredients the deceptively sim- be done. I proved them wrong,” Cafe’s reputation for a swoon- large part to O’Keeffe’s ability to ple sounding appetizer includes a curly green called frisee, an herb crepe, feta cheese and a (corner of State and Court) 112 Court Street julienne of black truffles. En- BROOKLYN HEIGHTS • www.grappacafe.com trees such as the crisp duck Featuring Dumbo’s finest breast with a lavender honey open 7 days • • (718) 237-4024 glaze, has an equal number of labor-intensive plate-mates: (718) 858-2960 www.2fifteen.com selection of food, drinks sauteed cracked pepper spaetzle (a house-made fine German noodle), duck confit (duck meat and entertainment! preserved in its own fat) and a foie gras and fresh cherry jus. 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By Tina Barry As Nuevo Latino cooking evolved, the for The Brooklyn Papers term came to include both South Ameri- ca and Central America and incorporate he Brooklyn edition of the recently the cooking of American-born Hispanics, published “Zagat Survey” lists three with chefs serving lightened versions of Trestaurants under the heading “Nue- a single region or a personal hybrid of vo Latino”: Beso in Park Slope, The several cultures. Latin Grill in Carroll Gardens and Sol in How personal? On Rodriquez’s menu Fort Greene. at Chicama he serves an appetizer of To understand Nuevo Latino cuisine, I oven-baked saffron-orange duck confit visited two of their recommendations: empanada with sliced foie gras terrine Snap it up: Chefs Eric Nanevie and Kalifa Sissoko share equal billing in the Latin Grill, described by Zagat surveyors and a prune sherry sauce. If that doesn’t kitchen of Fort Greene’s Sol, where they serve up refreshing dishes such as a “Nuevo Latino newcomer,” which cover all the culinary bases, then what as this sauteed red snapper served with mixed peppers, rice and beans serves Cuban and Mexican cooking, and does? and plantains. The Brooklyn Papers / Gregory Cross Sol, a “Nuevo Latino” restaurant serving And the Brooklyn chefs labeled Caribbean-fusion dishes offering “hearty Nuevo Latino by Zagat? Whether their tropical fruits and vegetables,” he said. Rodriquez’s influence that broadened it cooking and quite cooking was a contemporary I would agree with Zagat’s surveyors, from the watery Mexican dip served with the bar scene.” take on one cul- if they define “hearty” as satisfying, and beer and nachos, to this heady mix of For menu and special events, Which raises DINING ture or a fusion of yes, there is “quite the bar scene.” What I sweet and spicy — a refreshing accom- visit our website at www.long-tan.com the question: what many, all the chefs found at Sol were exceptionally light paniment to the richness of the fish. is Nuevo Latino? Latin Grill, 254 Court St. between exhibited finesse dishes, strongly Caribbean in their flavor- Red snapper, crisp from pan sauteing Take out and delivery 5:30-Midnight Is the term so Kane and Degraw streets in Cobble Hill, in technique and ings, with some contemporary American and moist from a fast roast in the oven, accepts cash only. Entrees: $8.50-14.50. t:718.622.8444 broad that it en- For reservations, call (718) 858-0309. fearlessness in pairings — fish over baby greens for ex- was served with a traditional Trinidadian compasses South Sol, 229 DeKalb Ave. at Clermont their mixing of in- ample. sauce called a brown stew. This tomato- Avenue in Fort Greene, accepts Visa, and Central Amer- MasterCard and American Express. En- gredients. Nanevie and Sissoko also dip into based sauce was given heat with red pep- ica and the trees: $7.95-$17.95. For reservations, The result? A France and Asia with combinations like pers, complexity with rosemary and Caribbean? call (718) 222-1510. culinary bravado codfish served over couscous with bok thyme and sharpened with vinegar. The Starting on the yielding complex choy; or a sandwich (listed on the menu snapper rested over simple mashed pota- Internet, I typed yet clean and vi- as a light entree) of grilled vegetables, toes and a side of crisp-edged plantains. “Nuevo Latino” into a search engine. brant dishes: an exciting, sexy salsa on goat cheese and a garlic and lemon aioli Cooling our mouths with house-made VISIT THE BROOKLYN BREWERY Seconds later stories of chefs cooking in a plate. (a French, garlic-flavored mayonnaise) ginger ice cream, one of a selection of ice Tasting room and gift shop the “Pan-Latin,” “New World,” “New To feed Brooklyn diners ready to eat with a side of fries. creams and tropical fruit sorbets, made Caribbean,” “New Floridian,” “Global to the Latin beat, a restaurateur must of- A great beginning to a meal at Sol is the perfect finale. in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Cuisine” and even “Floribbean” style ap- fer this cuisine in settings as chic as the the curried mussels, one of the more tra- On the Mexican side of chef Arturo peared on the screen. blonde wood and silvery green velvet ditional dishes on Sol’s menu. The mus- Tellez’ menu for the casual Latin Grill is “Floribbean?” banquets of Sol and as exuberant as the sels sit in a briny coconut milk broth fla- the addictive corn on the cob rubbed with The contraction of Floridian and brightly tiled, deco-diner decor of Latin vored with Jamaican curry, ginger and an aged, tangy cheese called cotija, as Caribbean refers mainly to the early Grill. garlic. The licorice taste of aniseed adds well as chili powder and lime juice. On cooking of chef Douglas Rodriquez, Chefs Eric Nanevie and Kalifa Sis- complexity to the broth’s flavor. Dip a the Cuban side, Tellez offers a pressed mentioned in every article as the “Godfa- soko share equal billing in the kitchen of piece of the restaurant’s chewy, sesame sandwich of ham, roast pork, Swiss ther of Nuevo Latino cooking.” Ro- Fort Greene’s Sol. Owner Charles seeded rolls, served hot, into that broth, cheese and pickles. Things turn fusion driquez, then based in southern Florida, is McMickens describes the dishes as “ref- and it’s magical. when chicken wings are marinated in a credited with starting the trend in the ear- erencing Caribbean and Latin cooking.” A salmon filet with a perfectly brittle, chipotle-guava barbecue sauce and ly 1990s, and coining the expression The cuisine “departs from sauce and pan-seared crust was served over a fresh served with lime-sour cream dipping “Nuevo Latino.” He, and several experi- stock-based Italian and French cooking mix of delicate lettuces and topped with sauce. mental chefs cooking in Florida, were by showcasing, not masking, the essence spicy mango and pineapple salsa. Salsa For this “newcomer,” opened last De- dubbed “The Mango Gang” when they of the ingredients, with an emphasis on may seem like nothing new, but it was cember, Tellez prepares a ceviche began incorporating then-exotic ingredi- mariscos of shrimp and calamari ents like passion fruit, boniato (a sweet, “cooked” in limejuice. Ceviche, a tradi- white potato) and Caribbean fish, such as tional South American appetizer, has grouper and yellowtail, with traditional crossed over into the menus of seafood black bean and rice dishes. restaurants of all persuasions. Picadillo, a Rodriquez is now the chef at Chicama ground pork hash flavored with onions, FRIDAYS (named for the fishing port of Lima, garlic and tomatoes, can be served two Peru) and Pipa, both restaurants housed ways: Mexican style, as a stuffing, or, as AND SATURDAYS on the ground level of ABC Carpet & it is served here, Cuban style, over white Live Music and Home in Manhattan — itself a multi-lev- rice with black beans. el “Nuevo Decoro” of antique and cut- Is Nuevo Latino here to stay or just a $3 Pints ting-edge modern home furnishings. flash in the paella pan? Some would say 6:00 to 10:00 PM The Mango Gang’s broad palette of the cooking was red hot a year ago, about flavors, and the classic cooking tech- the time that Jennifer Lopez and Marc niques they favored, inspired chefs na- Anthony’s careers were hitting their SATURDAYS tionwide. Embracing the Nuevo Latino stride, and argue that the cooking is al- aesthetic, chefs crossed cultural bound- ready on the down swing, while others Tours and Tastings aries with dishes like barbecued pork ribs would insist that the cuisine is still being with a guava glaze and a cocoa and cin- discovered and may eventually become Noon to 5:00 PM namon dusted roasted breast of duck an American staple along the lines of served with plantains in a poblano chili Jorge Cruz Barrios, chef Arturo Tellez, Miguel Angel Aguilar and Netzahualpilli Chinese and Italian food. and red wine sauce. Jimenez at Latin Grill with the ceviche mariscos. The Brooklyn Papers / File Photo We’ll just have to eat and see.

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Now imagine it on us... Weddings by Marriott When you book your wedding at the New York Marriott Brooklyn, you may qualify for a free honeymoon. Your wedding is the event of your dreams, and will be a memorable day for your family and friends. All photos The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango Our catering experts will arrange for every detail, creating the perfect event in one of our elegantly appointed ballrooms. From a traditional menu, to contemporary cuisine, we take care of it all. Then follow this with the honeymoon of your dreams, all from Marriott. Firestarters Honeymoon On Us Package includes: At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Chili Pep- Since 1990, the Sauce Boss has prepared and • Seven nights at a Marriott Resort or Hotel • Airfare for two • 25% discount on a Hertz rental car per Fiesta on Oct. 6 (clockwise from top right) served more than 80,000 bowls of gumbo dur- Your Marriott AwaitsSM James Sheldon (left) and Lily Pisano imperson- ing his performances, which prompted Jimmy ated chili peppers; visitors could closely exam- Buffett to write the song “I Will Play For Gum- For more information on ine Malibu purple peppers on display near the bo” about Wharton. the Honeymoon On Us package with the lily ponds; and Bill “The Sauce Boss” Wharton For information about the Garden’s upcom- New York Marriott Brooklyn, bring this to our & The Ingredients entertained the crowd by si- ing public programs, go to www.bbg.org. For Restrictions on date availability and minimum revenue required. Social Catering Manager or call us multaneously cooking up spicy Florida blues as more information about chili peppers, go to Package varies by location. at (718) 222-6520. well as a scorching pot of Cajun gumbo! www.chilepeppers.com. www.weddingsbymarriott.com 8 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM October 21, 2002

But anyone who lives in Brooklyn knows are accustomed. Popular dishes include that. What is news is that Cucina chef the signature pollo rosmario, oven- Franklin Becker has taken control of this roasted chicken breast with spicy fennel contemporary Italian kitchen. sausage; and risotto ai piselli, sweet pea risotto with grilled shrimp in a roasted Cucina offers valet parking on Friday, tomato broth. Grappa also offers a Saturday and Sunday and a takeout annex. lunch menu perfect for business or pleasure. As the name indicates, Grappa Cafe serves 35 varieties of grap- DINING AROUND BROOKLYN Eamonn’s pa, an Italian brandy distilled from the 174 Montague St. at Court Street, pomace of grapes. The cafe has a warm, (718) 596-4969. (AmEx, DC, Disc, intimate atmosphere; diners can enjoy Roquefort sauce and watercress, beef food at traditional petite tables and MC, Visa) Entrees: $9.95-$16.95. Akri Aunt Suzie’s cheeks braised with horseradish sauce straight-backed chairs or snuggle 7902 Third Ave, at 79th Street. (718) 247 Fifth Ave. at Carroll Street, (718) and celery leaves. Excellent selection Eamonn’s simply has it all: a decor that is against 5-foot-high mustard-colored 238-7701. (Visa, MC, AmEx) Entrees: 788-3377. (MC, Visa) Entrees: $7.90- from European and domestic wines in timeless, comfortable and beautiful, an banquettes. $12-$25. $14.90. the $20-$26 range. Saturday and Sunday enclosed sidewalk cafe, an active and brunch. friendly bar, an upstairs dining room that Executive Chef Brendan O’Sullivan’s The family portraits covering her walls will can accommodate private parties up to Harvest restaurant opened Sept. 26 in Bay Ridge make you feel like you’ve known Aunt 50, and something on the menu that and offers pasta, seafood and 100-per- Suzie your whole life. You’ll feel right at Blah Blah Restaurant and everyone will like. You’ll find a large 218 Court St. at Baltic Street. (718) cent certified Black Angus cuts grilled to home (and your wallet will, too!) as you selection of salads (including seafood 624-9267. (Visa, MC, AmEx) Entrees: perfection. Akri offers rich sauces to peruse the traditional Italian offerings Lounge Waldorf, classic Caesar, and grilled por- $9-$16. accompany your steak: garlic butter, amid the mismatched wooden tables and 501 11th St. at Seventh Avenue, (718) tobello), five pasta dishes (including a Recent renovations have brightened up brandy cream, whiskey-mushroom-onion chairs. ravioli du jour and penne with grilled or mixed peppercorn. Appetizers range 369-BLAH, www.bigfoot.com/~blah- this popular American comfort food Start your dinner with the cold “Auntie- chicken), sandwiches (try the turkey club from classic mozzarella and tomatoes to blahlounge. (AmEx, Carte Blanche, DC, eatery, opened six years ago by local res- Pasta” sampler, a combo of fresh moz- or the fried fillet of sole), hearty entrees an “assortment of Greek delights.” Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $12-$15. idents David Schneider and Parry Wu. zarella with sun-dried tomatoes, marinat- (like the pan-roasted rack of lamb and Downstairs you’ll find more of a bar ed artichoke hearts and the like. Pastas Owner Cosmo Lee has created a the sesame-crusted filet of swordfish), scene, with cocktails, beers on tap, and a include baked ziti with broccoli and pasta nightspot that makes patrons feel like and Eamonn’s “traditional fare” (Irish raw bar with the pleasant sounds of Allioli in spinach pesto, while among the fancy they’re in their own living room. A cozy sausage and mashed potatoes with cooking in the background. Upstairs is retreat, Blah Blah features a romantic fire- onion gravy or chicken pot pie). 291 Grand St. at Roebling Street. pastas are cheese tortellini with “grand- cozy and family friendly. Don’t miss the place. The lounge has counters with love (718) 218-7338. (AmEx, MC, Visa) ma’s meat sauce.” For entrees, try the Follow any of these up with Irish coffee garden if the weather is right! There’s a fresh tuna putanesca or oreganata, chick- letters under glass. Tapas: $5-$32, most dishes $5-$16. (or Irish tea!), and dare to choose the Key Southern twist to many of the dishes, like en or veal vagabond, with onions, mush- Chef Sebastian Cuenca has created a lime pie or the brandied chocolate hazel- the Louisiana gumbo (different flavor Moni Ozgilik, co-owner of Allioli with rooms, prosciutto and mozzarella in a menu that is international, distinctive and nut cake. They’ve got an excellent prix each week), “That’s Right Catfish Tacos,” Ayse Telgeren, describes the cooking of Marsala sauce, or eggplant parmigiana. delicious. Appetizers range from crispy fixe dinner selection for $16.95, which and jambalaya, but you can also order chef Diego Gonzalez and pastry chef (This is the place to have it.) And whatev- corn fritters to roasted vegetable salad. includes soup or salad, entree special, “Bubbling Macaroni and Cheese” or a Humberto Sanchez as “traditional er you do, DON’T forget the mozzarella Entrees include mussels in garlic green dessert and coffee. Brunch at Eamonn’s grilled hanger steak. Harvest serves din- Spanish cooking with a more contempo- garlic bread! sauce, salt-and-pepper sea bass, and veg- runs from 11 am to 3:30 pm every ner every night, breakfast and lunch rary flavor.” Choose from tapas large etable, potato and currant empanadas. Saturday and Sunday, and is priced at Monday through Friday, and brunch on enough to share or standard-sized Open mic nights (Mondays and $9.95 to $14.95 depending on choice of weekends. entrees such as New Zealand mussels. Barracuda Seafood Wednesdays at 8:30 pm), DJs (Fridays and entree (and includes unlimited Restaurant is romantic with intimate, can- Restaurant & Bar Saturdays at 9 pm), movie nights Champagne, bloody Marys or mimosas). dlelit dining rooms, local bar scene and (Tuesdays) and a happy hour (seven days a Henry’s End outdoor garden. 7026 Third Ave. at 71st Street, (718) week, 6 to 8 pm) add to the fun. Blah Blah 833-3759. (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) has added brunch with complimentary Elia 44 Henry St. at Cranberry Street, Entrees: $12.95-$21.95. mimosas and Bellinis, on Saturdays and (718) 834-1776. (Amex, MC, Visa, DC, Alicia’s Cafe & Eatery Sundays, from 11 am to 3 pm. 8611 Third Ave. at 86th Street, (718) Disc), Entrees: $15.95-$22.95. Owner Willy Boroden attributes his broad 10 Columbia Pl. at Joralemon Street. 748-9891. (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: Located two blocks from the Brooklyn knowledge of fish to his upbringing near $15-$24. (718) 532-0069.(Visa, MC, Discover) the Black Sea, where he ate fish every day Heights promenade, Henry’s End, a Entrees $7-$10. and learned how to select the best catch Blue Ribbon Brooklyn Whitewashed brick walls, exposed casual neighborhood restaurant, insures beams and soft Greek music make this a wonderful meal and a cozy, romantic Alicia’s, which calls itself “American through touch, smell and appearance. 280 Fifth Ave. at First Street, (718) restaurant the closest replica of a Greek atmosphere. eclectic,” serves a grilled salmon with Three times a week, Boroden goes to the 840-0404. (AmEx, MC, Visa, DC). “estiatoria” (a small town tavern) you’ll garlic mashed potatoes that makes this Fulton Fish Market where he buys the Entrees: $8.50-$32. Chef-owner Mark Lahm creates entrees find off the Greek isles. Veteran executive fish new again. It’s a comfortable place fresh fish that are then broiled, pan-fried, like chicken with pears, walnuts, and Blue Ribbon Brooklyn opens at 6 pm and chef Roger Clatterbuck works with chef off the beaten track, with the culinary grilled or blackened by chef Mike. Food is blue cheese, and duck with wild mush- stays open until 4 am (Tuesdays through Helen Papapostolou, who has a great comfort diners crave, in a casual setting, served in a relaxed atmosphere — a dark rooms. Sundays), featuring wines from around love for the cuisine of her homeland, to with prices that max out at $10. (That is interior with an eight-seat bar, a dining the world and an array of choices at their create authentic Greek specialties — Make sure to visit Henry’s End in the fall not a misprint.) For a wake-up call, try the area and a lounge with two large sofas and a huge suspended TV. Free valet extensive raw bar. The eclectic menu grilled sauteed octopus served in aged and winter (October-March) for the six- grilled shrimp appetizer, five tender offers a vast array of choices, from matzo month long Wild Game Festival, where shrimp that retain that hot-off-the grill parking Friday, Saturday and Sunday red wine vinegar, clams in Santorini wine nights. ball soup, escargot bourguignon and broth with Greek chilies, whole seasonal exotic cuisine like the herb-crusted elk, taste, enhanced by the freshness of lime, sweet soppressata for appetizers to fiddlehead ferns and soft-shell crabs are and topped with a light wine and parsley fish in a lemon olive oil and fresh herb sweetbreads with arugula and wild mush- dressing. End-of-dinner treats include bound to get your tastebuds tingling. sauce. For dessert, a bowl of soupy rice rooms, pigeon with toasted barley and pudding comes topped with a dollop of Bay Ridge Sushi paper-thin baklava and Samos Muscat, a sweet potato and lobster and corn on fruity golden dessert wine from the island pineapple custard, and a squiggle of the cob for entrees. loosely whipped cream ... ahhh. Different 6819 Third Ave. at 68th Street, (718) of Samos. Hunters Steak & Ale house-made ice creams are served each 491-0662. (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: House evening. The strawberry Zinfandel and $7.95-$17.95. chocolate with sour cherries sound like Step into Bay Ridge Sushi and you’re in Bonnie’s Grill Five Spot Supper Club 9404 Fourth Ave. at 94th Street, (718) 238-8899. (AmEx, DC, Disc, winners. another world — the hustle and bustle of 278 Fifth Ave. at Garfield Place, (718) 459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Visa) Entrees: $13.95-$31.95. busy Bay Ridge falling away with each 369-9527. (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: Avenue, (718) 852-0202. (Disc, MC, step taken inside. The winsome sushi $4-$9. Visa) Entrees: $10-$15. The classic steak house ... with a couple Alma chefs will carve up your favorites, like of twists. Your meal will be enhanced not tuna, salmon, yellowtail, scallop, fluke, Anthony Bonfilio and Mike Naber have King of the sea: Pearl Room’s chef Gerard Spezio with his seafood linguinie of lobster, This 2,500-square-foot supper club fea- only by the stained glass, mahogany and 187 Columbia St. at Degraw Street, mackerel, flying fish roe, crab stick and used their boundless energy and passion tures a full-service bar, heaping portions hunter green interior, but by the Horse (718) 643-5400. (Visa, MC, AmEx) many more. for good, simple food to create a restau- clams, mussels, scallops, squid and shrimp. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango of delicious ribs, catfish and collard and Jockey Club (featuring OTB racing Entrees: $10-$18. rant that surrounds diners with warmth greens, and jazz shows and poetry read- Of course, Bay Ridge Sushi hasn’t forgot- feeds and betting), and the Cigar and and fills them with dishes that have a ings. The “Five Spot Brunch” is a fixed- While the authentic, “non- ten all the other Japanese treats, and nei- Cognac Room (with low-profile easy touch of the unexpected. There are price menu offering hearty, down-home Americanized” Mexican food served at ther will you, as you select from their color- Ciao Bella offers a mouth-watering menu chairs). innovative, hearty soups and burgers Casa Pepe Corn Bread Cafe southern cooking with a choice of entree, Alma is amazing, it is the setting that will ful menu. There are loads of hand rolls, like of omelets ranging from spinach to grilled to perfection with a great char- meat side dish, vegetable (grits, home On to the eats: filet mignon with a red take your breath away. Dine on the the shrimp tempura roll and the smoked 114 Bay Ridge Ave. at 69th Street, smoked salmon, as well as eggs Benedict 434 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street, (718) coal flavor. Desserts include everyone’s fries or red potatoes), toast, coffee and wine mushroom sauce, vegetable and rooftop garden, which seats 40, and salmon roll. Or try the pork with ginger (718) 833-8865. (AmEx, MC, Visa) and eggs Florentine. The brunch features 768-3838. www.cornbreadcafe.com. favorite — moist and munchy chocolate cocktail for $14.95. Owner Malik potato, is heavenly. Porterhouse, T-bone you’ll have Manhattan’s skyline at your sauce, or maybe the seafood teriyaki with brownies. Entrees: $9.75-$22. the Ciao Bella omelet, a delicate combi- (MC, Visa, AmEx, Disc) Entrees: $5.50- and New York sirloin steaks rank high tabletop. Indoor seating is also available, lobster. Just make sure to leave room for nation of fluffy eggs, green peas, pota- Armstead has created a tuneful and tasty The courtly Spanish and Mexican style of $15.95. combination of soul and swing. too. Veal Marsala, baked half chicken and the comfortable, rustic, wood interi- the tempura green tea ice cream! toes, onions and watercress or, pancakes and broiled salmon round out the menu Casa Pepe will put a grin on your lips and Corn Bread Cafe keeps mouths watering or, handmade chairs and hand-blown with maple syrup. Ciao Bella is also avail- well. glass hanging lamps will make Alma’s Butta’ Cup a fiesta in your heart. You’ll find Mexican able for large groups and private parties. with their “down-home barbecue,” and downstairs a popular destination as well. favorites, like fajitas, chimichangas, enchi- “taste of New Orleans.” Entrees like the Fuji San Bedouin Tent 271 Adelphi St. at DeKalb Avenue, ladas pescador — soft corn tortillas filled Maryland crab cakes with remoulade, Their tamales have been boasted the (718) 522-1669. (DC, Amex, MC, Visa) 405 Atlantic Ave. at Bond Street, with salmon and pico de gallo — and crawfish etouffe, and penne with spinach, 161 Seventh Ave. at Carroll Street, Inaka Sushi House finest in the city, handmade daily in a Average entree: $13. beef or chicken tacos. But wait, there’s a Cobble Grill roast peppers and mushrooms show that (718) 768-3976. (AmEx, MC, Visa) dazzling variety. Fish of the day is often a (718) 852-5555. Cash only. Entrees: 236 Seventh Ave. at Fourth Street, Set in a Fort Greene brownstone, this whole other world here, the striking cui- 212 DeGraw St. at Henry Street, (718) this is no ordinary soul food restaurant. Entrees: $8-$16.50. dish made from soft-shell crabs or scal- $3-$10. sine of Spain as well! Bistec norteno (718) 499-7856. (AmEx, Disc, MC, seductive lounge is decorated with sexy 422-0099, www.cobblegrill.com. Corn Bread Cafe’s Po’ Boy sandwiches — A relaxing lunch or dinner, with large win- lops. Ancho relleno, a large poblano As winner of the “Mom and Pop business (choice sirloin steak in a four-pepper Visa) Entrees: $9.60-$16.50. leopard prints and vintage furniture. (AmEx, Disc, Visa, MC) Entrees: beef, chicken or fish served on a dows opening onto the street, is in store pepper stuffed with shredded pork, of the year,” awarded by former Borough sauce), ternera a la plancha (veal sauteed The making of those beautiful little Founder Richard Wright, who has been in $6.95-$9.95. baguette topped with sweet pickles, for you at Fuji San. An affable pair of sushi raisins and peppers is a classic. A breast President Howard Golden in 2001, with red pepper, garlic and white wine), works of art called sushi is so fascinating the restaurant business for more than 20 coleslaw and tomatoes — are humble chefs greet you as you step in, forcing you of duck is grilled and served with a roast- Bedouin Tent is known far and wide for paella Valenciana, (chicken, seafood and This friendly cafe, with its tables in front many people will prefer sitting at the bar years, handpicks the restaurant’s furni- but delectable. Dessert items like the to choose between watching them or ed peanut and tomato sauce with a their appetizing food and friendly prices. Spanish sausage with saffron rice), and, of and colorful, inviting front doors, can whip double chocolate layer cake and warm where owner Joanne Wu’s cadre of ture from yard sales. “It’s like being inside looking at your dining companion. puree of sweet potato. It is the place to enjoy Jordanian entrees of someone’s house,” said Akiko Konami, course, arroz con pollo. Casa Pepe has a up a mean grilled sandwich, salad or burg- peach cobbler ensure a sweet ending. superb sushi chefs work their magic. like a falafel platter with green salad and co-founder of Butta’ Cup. party room that can accommodate 120 er. Try the seared tuna salad, served on Hijiki, marinated seaweed with bean curd Others may prefer the comfort of Inaka’s tasty lambojim, a Middle Eastern lamb guests as well. Also open for Sunday greens, grilled fennel, clementines, red and carrots is a fresh opener, or a la carte dining room. Either way, a good idea for Each item on the menu has an original, Andy’s pizza. This restaurant also serves brunch. brunch, noon to 3:30 pm. Garden seats onion and black olives, or the over-stuffed Country House sushi selections might be what you’re beginners is to order the nine-piece Garden seats available. mouth-watering title. Don’t be afraid to available. grilled cheese sandwich, with roasted red looking for. Tempura? Sure! The Fujisan sushi deluxe box, which contains yellow 128 Montague St. at Henry Street, mix and match. Try starting with some- peppers, artichoke hearts, fontina cheese Restaurant tempura is shrimp, fish and vegetables. tail, salmon, mackerel, fan fish roll, crab (718) 237-8899. (MC, Visa) Entrees: Bedouin Express [86 South Portland Ave. thing spicy — jerk wings or maybe the at Lafayette Avenue, (718) 852-5556] and grilled mushrooms. Another tasty 887 Fulton St. at Vanderbilt Avenue, Or try the flounder butter-yaki, lightly meat, white fish in several varieties, $7-$14. Cantonese-style salt and pepper jumbo choice is ginger-braised short ribs on battered, broiled and served with the shrimp and tuna roll. Sushi can also be offers the same delicious menu items and Cebu (718) 783-8652. Visa, MC, AmEx. shrimp. The restaurant’s mixture of brioche, served with apple-fennel slaw. chef’s special sauce. Tankatsu (sliced filet ordered a la carte and in more modest This popular Chinese restaurant serves amicable service as Bedouin Tent. African-American and Asian cuisine, nick- Entrees: $4.95-$7.95. many varieties of chicken, vegetable and 8801 Third Ave. at 88th Street, (718) Burgers come plain or dressed up, like the of pork cutlets in breaded batter with it’s combinations. Teriyaki fans will find Keep your eyes peeled for Black Iris — named “Asian soul,” include customers’ 492-5095. (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) “Man Burger” (A-1 Steak Sauce, Swiss Country House Restaurant is open 24 own sauce), tofu teriyaki, vegetarian sushi Inaka’s dishes expertly seasoned and seafood dishes. Special Andy’s creations favorites like the salmon Japanese, Lil’ include grilled salmon with garlic sauce another Middle Eastern eatery by the Entrees: $9-$22, pizzas $9-$10. cheese, mushrooms, lettuce and tomato), hours a day for breakfast, lunch and din- and maki are available. melt-in-your-mouth tender. same owner, Walid Demis that has recent- Big Daddy’s fried chicken, and the red and sliced duck with young ginger root. Cebu offers a bar scene with dining. The the saga blue cheese burger and the bar- ly opened at 228 DeKalb Ave. at the cor- velvet cake. Spicy Hunan and Szechuan dishes menu is “continental infusion” — lots of becue burger. In addition to the Rice ner of Clermont Avenue! abound, like chicken Hunan style and But please — don’t limit yourself to just salads, sauces and seafood. Dishes range Krispies treats, blondies and chunky muf- Mongolian beef. The attentive wait staff the food. Butta’ Cup’s bar serves some of from fish and chips to steak au poivre to fin-top brownies, Cobble Grill offers a daily is constantly at your elbow filling your the hottest drinks around. Made with whole lobster and blue point oysters. dessert special. Open seven days a week, water glass or providing steaming pots Bierkraft fresh fruit, you’re bound to order one from noon to 10 pm. of tea. after the next. Garden seats available. 191 Fifth Ave. at Union Street. (718) 230-7600. Chef Natale Cocina Cuzco Archives Walk into this gourmet shop and you’ll be Cafe Steinhof 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street, (718) surrounded by more than 600 kinds of 921-0717. (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: 222 Seventh Ave. at Third Street, 333 Adams St. at Tillary Street, (718) beer! Bierkraft is also very particular 422 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street, $13-$19. (718) 788-5036. (AmEx, MC, Visa) 222-6543. www.nycmarriott.com about the 190 cheeses they stock, most (718) 369-7776. (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $5.95-$17.50. (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: made by small producers. (They’re a Entrees: $9-$13. Born in Palermo, Chef Natale gained much of his culinary experience as a chef This colorful eatery has a colorful menu as $17-$32. member of the American Cheese socie- Cafe Steinhof, named after a famous park well, featuring South American cuisine ty.) The nice selection of fresh breads, onboard several Italian cruise ships. His Located in the New York Marriott in Vienna, has a European feel — a from Argentina, Peru, Costa Rica and chocolates from around the world and cooking style carries the influences of Brooklyn, this spacious restaurant is ele- German “bier garten” with a hint of British Colombia. The stunningly picturesque gourmet prepared foods will keep you Sicily, Milan, Naples and Rome. Popular gant, with comfortable seating. Archives pub. True to its cultural roots and the taste interior is rainforest chic with a gorgeous returning for more. dishes in this intimate and casual restau- offers a wide variety of seafood, pasta, of owner Paul Goebert, the restaurant rant include octopus served Sicilian style saltwater fish tank. Order the papa rel- poultry, beef and vegetable dishes for serves spaetzle (small dumplings), in balsamic vinaigrette dressing; and veal lena for starters: potato stuffed with beef, every taste. Some entrees by award-win- schnitzel (meat that’s been dipped in egg, shank Milan in a puree of carrots, celery mixed veggies and raisins, served with ning chef Gary Rehaut include fettuccini Bistro St. Marks breaded and fried) and sauerbraten (beef and onion-white wine sauce, served over salsa criolla. If you’re a ceviche fan, go for that’s been marinated for several days and the tuna, marinated in lime, ginger, garlic pasta with grilled chicken and pan-roast- 76 St. Marks Ave. between Sixth and risotto. Chef Natale also serves fresh sea- ed halibut with sauteed spinach and then roasted). Cafe Steinhof offers five sonal fish — salmon, monkfish, striped and coconut juice. Flatbush avenues, (718) 857-8600. beers on tap and 10 bottled beers from sweet potato fries. Other indulgences at bass, swordfish and tuna. Desserts are Some options for the main course: (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $15-$20. Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic and Archives include the Friday evening made on site, including chocolate camarones al ajillo, shrimp in garlic sauce Britain, as well as wine. Italian buffet, Saturday evening “Seafood Chic, but not overly self-conscious, this mousse cake, tiramisu, creme caramel, served with yellow rice; salmon flameado, Extravaganza” and Sunday Champagne Park Slope bistro serves innovative cheesecake and ice cream. a salmon steak broiled in olive oil with brunch. French-American cuisine — skate with broccoli, spinach and asparagus, brought Cambodia Cuisine to your table flambe; or bandeja paisa, 87 South Elliott Place between Lafa- Chez Isabelle Colombian pan-fried steak platter with yette Ave. and Fulton St., (718) 858- fried egg, bacon, rice, beans and plan- 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street, (718) tain. Sidewalk cafe seats. 3262. (MC, Visa) Entrees: $5-$12. 832-0127. Cash or checks only. Chef Jerry Ley serves healthy, Pastries: $1-$6. Cambodian cuisine with dishes like cold All of the French pastries and delicacies Coco Roco Restaurant Cambodian spring rolls filled with shrimp here are homemade. You can choose and vegetables, prawhet (fish ball) soup from a variety of croissants, sandwiches, 392 Fifth Ave. at Sixth Street, (718) and Cambodia’s national dish ahmok, cakes, quiches, crepes, and cookies and 965-3376. (Visa, MC, Disc, AmEx.) Take comfort: Jack’s, at 519 Fifth Ave. in Park Slope, serves comfort food like this buttermilk which Ley prepares with chicken marinat- then enjoy them in the bright yellow-and- Entrees: $4.95-$15.95 BP / Greg Mango ed in a mixture of coconut milk, lemon- fried chicken with garlic mashed potatoes, collard greens and cornbread. blue cafe or at the tables outside. This is Coco Roco, a Park Slope Peruvian grass, curry, kaffir lime and red chili. just the place to go for gourmet delica- restaurant, boasts that they have the Dishes have a homemade taste he cies at a very affordable price. Croissant best rotisserie chicken in Brooklyn. This ner. Customers love this 30-year-old Wrap it all up with delicately flavored gin- learned back in Cambodia. aux amandes, goat cheese and spinach Isobel casual family restaurant attracts all kinds eatery’s steam table with hot entrees like ger, red bean or green tea ice cream or quiche, croque mademoiselle, napoleon, of diners — from cozy couples to large cheesecake and many more are all priced grilled chicken, turkey and salmon. Their have the ice cream tempura style, 60 Henry St. at Cranberry Street, parties. Their tropical Peruvian cocktails Philly steak sandwiches and burgers are encased in a crunchy fried coating. www.isobelnyc.com, (718) 243-2010, Casa Calamari under $4. Owner and pastry chef Isabelle will keep you coming back. There’s a Dubois also provides catering for all also popular. (Visa, MC, AmEx) Entrees: $16-$24. 8602 Third Ave. at 86th Street, (718) happy hour Monday through Friday occasions. Speaking of popular, with customers like The Moorish/Old World feel of Isobel is 921-1900. (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: from 6 pm to 8 pm and their new brunch mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer, R&B Gage & Tollner enhanced by the rough-hewn tables $5.50-$13.50. menu is also available from 10:30 am to 4 pm daily. crooner Carl Thomas, and rap group 372 Fulton St. at Jay Street, (718) (handcrafted from antique barn wood by Junior Mafia, eating at Country House Boasting a large sidewalk cafe, Casa Chez Oskar 875-5181, www.GageandTollner.com one of the owners) and wrought-iron could be an experience to remember. Calamari is a fun, family style place that (AmEx, Visa, MC) Entrees: $14.95- lighting fixtures. The French Mediter- makes the most of its corner windows, its 211 DeKalb Ave. at Adelphi Street, Cono & Sons O’Pescatore ranean menu includes wild striped bass open kitchen and its raw bar. On the (718) 852-6250. (Visa, MC, AmEx) $26.95 ($20) served in a morel mushroom sauce menu you’ll find an “oyster index” to Average entree: $8-$20. 301 Graham Ave. at Ainslee Street, Cousins II Gage & Tollner, an atmospheric Brooklyn with creme fraiche, and accompanied by guide you through the many varieties: (718) 388-0168. (AmEx, DC, MC, Visa) landmark that dates back to 1879, fea- baby spring vegetables and fingerling Chez Oskar offers some of the best 160 Court St. at Amity Street, (718) Pearl Point, Spiny Creek and Nantucket French bistro fare — with hints of the Entrees: $8.95-$29.95. tures arched mirrors, red velvet wall cov- potatoes. Another option is the double- are just a few. In addition to appetizer Caribbean — in Brooklyn. And what goes 596-3514. (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) erings and brass, gas-lit chandeliers. cut pork chop ($18) with baby leeks, faves like Buffalo wings and eggplant rol- Your first impression of Cono & Sons Entrees: $10-$20. Restaurateur Joseph Chirico took over in sauteed vegetables and apple polenta in better with delicious French staples than O’Pescatore will be a light, airy feeling, latine, you’ll find pastas, grills, Italian spe- a bottle of wine from an affordable list? Cousins II has come a long way from its first 1995, and completely restored the interi- a prune sauce. cialties and loads of seafood choices. The evoked by glimmering white tablecloths or to its original splendor. Whether you Whether you choose the escargot or the life as Dem Bums, a drinking establishment Organic ingredients are used wherever chilled seafood sampler ($25) includes a with napkins pointing heavenward, black love a great steak or you’re a seafood steak frites, the flour-less chocolate cake named after the Brooklyn Dodgers. Under possible, allowing for heightened flavors. 1-pound lobster, two cherrystone clams, lacquered chairs and a beautiful tile floor. is a perfect ending. Brunch is served the tutelage of owners and cousins Vinnie fan, Gage & Tollner has what you’re crav- Weekend brunch at Isobel offers unusual two little neck clams, four oysters and As the name suggests, this is the place Saturdays and Sundays from 11 am to Chesari and Robert Cardello, this Cobble ing with old-fashioned, top-notch serv- choices like the Cuban (pressed pork) jumbo shrimp. Golden fried calamari can for serious seafood and Italian cuisine 4:30 pm. Sidewalk cafe seats available. Hill dining spot has kept all the energy, ice. By the time the dessert cart is rolled sandwich and Spanish omelet with chori- also be ordered with fried shrimp. Or go enthusiasts. enthusiasm and camaraderie that makes to your table, you’ll be making plans for zo, in addition to standards like French for the broccoli rabe, cheese and parsley Signature dishes include the Contadina, Brooklyn the friendliest borough and the your next visit. Free valet parking. toast, eggs Benedict and eggs sausage platter. The Chip Shop a mouthwatering mixture of veal, old Dodgers the feistiest team in baseball Florentine. You’ll find the active bar does- sausage, beef and chicken, prepared history. Cousins II has 12 beers on tap, as n’t interfere with a relaxing dinner, 383 Fifth Ave. at Sixth Street, (718) with peppers, mushrooms and potatoes well as imports, domestics and local brews Gingko Leaf because the space is divided into three 832-7701, www.chipshopnyc.com. ($39.99 for two or more) and the tornido by the bottle; and all the finger-licking 788A Union St. at Sixth Avenue, (718) areas — one is a secluded dining room Cash only. Entrees: $7-$11. di pesci — clams, shrimps, mussels, whit- foods that go with them — Buffalo wings, perfect for small private parties. ing, squid and filet of sole served with mozzarella sticks and chicken fingers. 399-9876. (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Owner Chris Sell has a real winner with rice (also $39.95, for at least two people). Lunch: $8-$19. this Park Slope version of an English sta- Diners also enjoy burgers, salads, sand- Plenty of offerings, like homemade wiches and a choice of entrees that Designed by artist Toshio Sasaki, Gingko ple. The Chip Shop is open seven days a cavatelli, veal chops alla Cono, shrimp fra Jacques Torres Chocolate week for lunch and dinner, serving all the includes grilled New York shell steak, Leaf’s outdoor garden cafe offers a diavolo and fried scallops. Cappuccino shrimp scampi and chicken Marsala. serene atmosphere and traditional 66 Water St. at Main Street, (718) British classics: fish and chips, bangers and a traditional Italian dessert (cheese- and mash, shepherd’s pie. Desserts Japanese meals. Whether seated near a 875-9772, www.mrchocolate.com cake, spumoni and more) wrap things up waterfall or beside the new sushi bar (AmEx, MC, Visa) Price per pound of include fruit crumbles (apple and black- nicely. berry, and rhubarb, both served with cus- Cranberry Cafe extension, there is plenty to enjoy at assorted chocolates: $40. Gingko Leaf. The cafe serves obento tard) and a deep-fried Mars candy bar. Willy Wonka has arrived in the person of 9506 Fourth Ave. at 95th Street, (718) boxes at lunch (containing various com- Jacques Torres, the former executive Convivium Osteria 833-7979, www.cranberrycafe.com binations of shrimp, eel, soup, tempura, pastry chef of the four-star Le Cirque (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $11- garden salad and fresh fruits), as well as a 68 Fifth Ave. at Bergen Street, (718) 2000 in Manhattan. In his DUMBO facto- Ciao Bella $25. variety of platters, soups and their spe- 857-1833. (AmEx) Entrees for one: ry, Torres produces chocolate creations 138 North Eighth St. at Bedford cialty, dumplings. $13-$22, entrees for two: $42-$48. Owner Christine McDonald is a former with a dozen varieties of fillings called Street, (718) 599-8550. (Visa, MC, pastry chef at Manhattan’s Le Cirque 2000, Sushi chef Yugi Sano, who is originally from ganache — a mixture of chocolate, AmEx, Disc) Entrees: $8-$24. Park Slope’s Convivium Osteria, with its and her cafe features her freshly baked Tokyo, prepares sushi in the traditional cream and flavorings. Torres has dark and ocher-toned walls and rough-hewn Recently relocated to a larger space on croissants, Danishes, breads and wonder- style, Edo Mae, [“Tokyo style”]. With over white chocolate varieties. He’s particular tables, some communal, has a rustic ful pastries. McDonald also does an excel- 20 different types of fish, Sano is an expert to nuts, caramel, fruit (passion fruit!) and North Eighth Street, Ciao Bella Ristorante Mediterranean feel. Chef and co-owner offers a wide variety of Italian food in a lent job with her American moderne or in preparing everything from guke don (a cordial fillings such as Grand Marnier. Carlo Pulixi and chef Charles Giangarra fusion cuisine in a menu that includes marinated tuna) to sayari (Japanese mack- Despite a high-tech approach, Torres casual, enjoyable environment. Ciao Bella have skipped around the Mediterranean uses all fresh ingredients in its entrees, French onion soup, Italian bruschetta, erel). Also a recent addition, the sake bar runs a hands-on operation — from heat- combining the flavors of Spain, Portugal Asian shrimp dumplings and marinated offers three types of pure rice sake, all ing the chocolate to packaging the fresh, which include a number of pasta, meat and Italy on the Convivium Osteria and seafood dishes. Linguine nere all’ New York strip steak. The cafe is also a made in different areas of Japan. no preservatives, finished product. A menu. Among the tapas highlights are good place to gather for coffee, wine, European-style cafe in front serves cof- arrabiata, a black linguine with shrimp in the seafood tapas for two, tuna tartare Gingko Leaf also offers a Sunday brunch a spicy tomato sauce, and Costoletta alla snack or dessert — cheesecake, pecan pie fee, tea and pastries. and braised artichokes. If there is a culi- or homemade chocolate ice cream. from 11: 30 am to 4 pm with a special Milanese, pan-fried rack of veal with nary award akin to the Oscar, it should menu including “dinosaur” crispy shrimp arugula and marinated tomatoes, are two go to their Sicilian seafood with cous- and a fried “banana boat.” of many popular dishes. Ciao Bella also cous entree. Pass on the dessert of Jack’s serves a variety of antipasti, sandwiches grilled pecorino cheese with eucalyptus Cucina and salads. 519 Fifth Ave. at 13th Street, (718) honey at your own risk. Garden seats 256 Fifth Ave. at Carroll Street, (718) Grappa Cafe Bar & 965-8675. (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: Now serving weekend brunch as well, available. 230-0711. www.cucinarestaurant.com. Restaurant $5.50-$15. (MC, Visa, DC, Disc, AmEx) Entrees: Chef Mauro Gonzales cooks comfort $8.50-$25. 112 Court St. at State Street, (718) 237- classics served in a setting that makes Tall cool ones: Mo-Bay waitress Stacey Whyte (top) serves up the Fort Greene restaurant’s re- = Full review available at www.BrooklynPapers.com. Cucina has been named one of New 4024. (AmEx) Entrees: $14-$21. diners feel at home. The menu includes freshing fruit and ginger drinks. Williamsburg’s Relish diner (above) has as much retro style on York’s top 50 restaurants in Zagat’s, and Chef Luca Caravello offers dishes that are American, Mexican and Asian cuisines — Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American Express, DC= Diner’s Club, named “one of the finest Italian restau- lighter and more authentic than the crab cakes, shrimp tostada with gua- on its plates, courtesy of chef Joshua Cohen, as it has on its facade. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango Disc= Discover Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card rants in the city” by Time Out New York. Italian cuisine to which most Americans camole and black beans, shrimp cappeli- WWW ROOKLYN APERS COM C October 21, 2002 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS .B P . 9 You an E ll at A $ 99 ni primavera with garlic virgin olive oil — The Minnow flowers, private alcoves, mezzanines, and Sushi 18 and decadent desserts like apple brown elegant curtains and drapes. Pazzo, which eat-in only • includes soda Betty with vanilla ice cream. 442 Ninth St. at Seventh Avenue, means “crazy” in Italian, offers a variety of (718) 832-5500. (DC, MC, Visa) wines and martinis, as well as mouth- lunch & dinner Entrees: $15-$19. watering appetizers. Chef Michael Fiore Joya prepares old-world Italian favorites with The Minnow combines classic seafood contemporary accents. Some of the high- 215 Court St. at Warren Street, (718) dishes with zesty sauces, and an Upper lights among the entrees include veal 222-3484. Cash only. Entrees: $6.95- East Side chic — lots of warm wood and osso bucco, roasted rack of lamb and $7.95. softly tinted walls. But the best part is blackened mahi-mahi. that it’s all at reasonable prices. Thank goodness partners Ariel Apariciot Pazzo also offers live entertainment and Andrew Jerro have brought this Thai Tuesday through Friday nights. food haven to Court Street. The restau- Mo-Bay Restaurant rant, which features al fresco dining in the garden, offers modestly priced appetizers, 112 DeKalb Ave. at Ashland Place, Pearl Room Sushi Bar & Fine Japanese Cuisine soups, salads, noodles, entrees and (718) 246-2800. www.mobayrestau- desserts. The hipster vibe is enforced by rant.com. (MC, Disc, AmEx, Visa) 8201 Third Ave. at 82nd Street, (718) Parties catered on & off premises. the nightly DJs spinning an array of music Entrees: $7-$15.75. 833-6666. (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: — and it’s all good and all high energy. $16-$24. 78 Clark St at Henry St • Brooklyn Heights Original large-scale paintings hang on If Caribbean, soul and vegetarian food are Diners who haven’t been to this Bay Ridge exposed brick walls, and the open kitchen what you fancy, then Mo-Bay restaurant is Free Delivery - $10min • • (718) 625-9893 eatery recently will be pleased with exten- allows diners to watch while the chefs ply the place tonight. Mo-Bay’s interior is upscale yet relaxing and the fresh-cut sive renovations — an expanded dining their trade over the open flames. Mango / Greg Lunch: Mon-Sat 11am-3pm; Dinner: Mon-Sat 4:30-11:30pm; Sunday: 11:30am-11pm flowers and reggae music give the place a room with a suspended ceiling that seems Joya appetizers range from chicken on cool, island vibe. Popular dishes include to float, slate floors, pillars and terra cotta skewers with peanut sauce to a large the curried coconut salmon, pan-black- restrooms. The dining is casual and the bowl of steamed mussels. As for entrees, ened chicken and oxtail stew. For vege- cuisine is continental, with an emphasis on the Kang Masaman (sliced chicken, pota- tarians, the brown-stewed veggie chicken, fresh fish and seafood. Sesame swordfish, Authentic Japanese Food in Park Slope toes and peanuts in Masaman coconut curry veggie chicken and barbecue veggie fresh lobster and crab cakes are popular curry sauce) a neighborhood favorite chili are so delicious — you won’t miss the dishes. But Pearl Room also serves filet (and not too spicy). Apariciot says the Papers The Brooklyn meat. The dessert menu offers bread pud- mignon, shell steaks, chicken and veal Joya signature dish is the pad Thai ding with rum sauce and Mo-Bay’s famous dishes, salads and pastas. The most popu- (sauteed rice noodles with chicken or “rummy rum cake” — soaked in three lar dessert is the fried ice cream. Garden shrimp, bean curd, peanuts, egg and types of rum and served warm with vanilla and sidewalk cafe seats available. bean sprouts). There are fresh fish spe- ice cream — a slice of heaven. Inaka cials every night and desserts are fun — Cooking 101 fried banana rolls or coconut sticky rice Inaka Pete’s Downtown with strawberries. These delish dishes are Moe’s Bar & Lounge Sushi House available to takeout, too. Brooklyn Heights foodie Jane Ziegel- “They get recipes to use at home,” she 2 Water St. at Cadman Plaza West, Our experienced Sushi Chef 80 Lafayette Ave. at South Portland (718) 858-3510, http://petesdown- man has combined her passion for food and said, “so when they go home they can make prepares the freshest Sushi teaching to create a culinary program de- the bread. We encourage them to cook at Avenue, (718) 797-9536. Cash only. town.citysearch.com (AmEx, MC, DC, Kapadokya Drinks: $4 and up. Visa) Entrees: $14.95-$24.95. & Sashimi to order! signed for the youngest aspiring chefs. home and a lot of them do.” Each class This bar-lounge is a highlight of the Fort 142 Montague St. at Henry Street. Come early to ensure a table with a Sukiyaki, Yosenabe & Shabu Ziegelman said adults underestimate holds just eight students, and Ziegelman Greene scene, and it’s open seven days a divine view (available at both the out- (718) 875-2211. (Visa, MC, AmEx) Shabu prepared at your table Entrees $11.50-$19.95. how much kids are capable of when it teaches the class with the aid of an assistant. week after 5:30 pm. Weekdays the side cafe or inside the restaurant). The happy hour is 5:30-7:30 pm, during which backdrop of the Brooklyn Bridge and Kapadokya is a thrilling change of pace comes to the kitchen. Once a week, stu- The grand finale of the class is, of course, draft beer is two-for-one, and well drinks the Manhattan skyline off Fulton Combination Teriyaki & Tempura Available for lunch or dinner on Montague Street. dents arrive at her doorstep, at 170 Hicks when they get to eat what they’ve created. are $1 off. Landing sets the stage for a wonderful Take in the antique decor and furnish- A light, healthy meal for the entire family. Open now for nearly a year, Moe’s is dec- meal. Try the pork chops stuffed with ings, some as old as 150 years. The staff St. at Pierrepont Street, for Kids Cook, her Classes are offered in two sessions: for prosciutto, mozzarella and basil, topped dress in exotic costumes, enhancing the orated in bright colors, high ceilings and program that teaches them about other ages 6 to 9 and ages 10 to 13. Each session 1950s and 1960s furniture. Moe’s special- with a Marsala wine sauce, served with a (bet 4th & 5th Sts.) feeling that you’re no longer in Brooklyn. vegetable and potato rosette, an inter- 236 7th Ave. And have you ever smoked a hookah, a countries through their cuisine, good nutri- is eight weeks and each class is 90 minutes ty cocktails include the Lafayette Martini, made of Absolut Citron, Lillet Red, triple esting fried potato basket, filled with la the caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland? tion, culinary tools and how to make exotic — enough time to see the process through creamy mashed potato. There’s also a (718) 499-7856 Here’s your chance – the bar offers din- sec, and lime and cranberry juices. Also dishes using ingredients that can be pur- from start to completion, explained Ziegel- popular is the Purple Cosmo, made with warm goat cheese salad, with seasonal Continuously serving lunch and dinner ner patrons a hookah-full of flavored greens and walnut vinaigrette, and lin- tobacco for $13.95. The food is Middle Absolut Mandarin, Blue Curacao, lime Mon. - Sat. Noon - 10:30pm, Sun. 5pm - 10:30pm chased locally. man. The cost is $235 per session, and reser- and cranberry. guine portofino, fresh salmon with plum Eastern in style, with smoked and sweet (Above) Ziegelman shows Thomas At- vations are now being accepted for the next tomatoes, red onions, arugula and FREE DELIVERY • Catering Available • Major Credit Cards flavors that make the chicken, beef, lamb From Thursday through Saturday, a num- extra-virgin olive oil. Not only is this a and vegetable dishes distinctly Turkish. tal, Emma Sontag Orme and Gaby Lea session, beginning the second week in Janu- ber of eclectic DJs spin a variety of music, “landmark restaurant” due to its Top off your meal with a famous Turkish Kent how to make aloo paratha, a stuffed ary. For more information about Kids Cook, from the classics, to hip-hop and reggae. extraordinary location at the foot of the coffee, a tiny cup of thick, rich bitter java. Indian bread. call (718) 797-0029. — Lisa J. Curtis Brooklyn Bridge, but four generations of Enjoy the belly dancing on Thursday, Thristinos have been serving up great Friday and Saturday nights. New Apollo Diner food here since 1894. 155 Livingston St. at Smith Street, Free parking is available, as is the private (718) 858-5600. (DC, Amex, MC, party room, to reserve for your upcoming Keur N’ Deye Disc, Visa), Entrees: $3.50-$16.95. special occasion. Open for lunch and dinner. 737 Fulton St. at South Portland Homemade three-cheese lasagna, riga- Visit often, the DJs on Saturday and the Mama Duke Southern Enter and prepare to be welcomed by Avenue, (718) 875-4937. Cash only. toni with portobello mushrooms, and lob- live bands on Sunday change every week the friendly pink-and-white Greek interi- Average entree: $8.50. ster ravioli with cream sauce are just a few Cuisine or. Come for breakfast, lunch or dinner. available. Pietro’s Trattoria For an exotic meal out, try Keur N’ Deye, 243 Flatbush Ave. at Bergen Street, Try the salad platter served with fresh let- an African restaurant serving Senegalese Brunch is served on Saturdays and Long Tan (718) 857-8700. Cash and debit cards tuce, tomatoes, sliced green peppers, 8727 Fourth Ave. at 87th Street, black olives, stuffed grape leaves, boiled food. Everything is traditional and full of Sundays from 11 am to 4 pm. Choose the 196 Fifth Ave. at Union Street, (718) 622- only. Entrees: $8-$12. (718) 238-8600. (AmEx, MC, Visa) fiery flavor. Try the yassa guinaar (chicken standards (omelets, eggs Benedict and egg, anchovies, and feta cheese (special- Entrees: $9.95-$16.95. eggs Florentine) or try the frittatas. Don’t 8444. (MC, Visa) Entrees: $8-$16. Serving entrees, salads, sides, desserts ly imported from Greece). Sate your engulfed in a lemony gravy and topped Pietro’s is anything but secluded, but din- forget the mimosas! Serving Thai food, Long Tan is a friendly (including “the best red velvet cake in cravings with homemade pastichio with sauteed onions) and tiebou dieun ers get the best light and the least neigh- and relaxed restaurant where comfy cush- town”), homemade ice tea and lemonade, (lasagna Greek-style), warm spinach pie (fish and rice with vegetables galore) for borhood bustle here. There is a large, ions in vibrant colors line the open, white Mama Duke’s bills itself as “soul food to and Greek moussaka. This family restau- an authentic Senegalese experience. open dining area in which to enjoy the dining room. Paper lanterns hang around go.” If you can’t get home to see your rant, which is open for breakfast, too, has Meals are affordable and well worth the La Traviata rich and tasty foods served. For openers, the room and a large window overlooks a mama, you can get great home cooking specials all day long and offers take-out wait. Take a ride out to Fort Greene’s try the zuppa di mussels, simmered with Keur N’ Deye for a memorable and 139 Montague St. at Clinton Street; 161 garden area with outdoor seating. here. All of the baking, and cooking, is for hungry Brooklynites on the run. Joralemon St. at Clinton Street, (718) done on premises — from scratch. (Mama plum tomatoes, parsley and garlic, or the enjoyable evening. For appetizers, Long Tan offers a crab-and- gnocchi sorrentina, potato dumplings 858-4100, www.latraviatatogo.com Duke’s is owned by Janice Combs, moth- mango summer roll, which is a delicate er of Sean “Puffy” Combs.) tossed with fresh mozzarella and mari- (AmEx, Disc, DC, MC, Visa) Entrees: wrap of fresh cilantro and crabmeat. Other New York Brick Oven nara sauce. Then come the wonderful Kino $9.50-$14.50. appetizers include the fish cakes with kaffir The entrees range from turkey meatloaf to Pizza entrees: boneless chicken scarpariello, This is a great father-and-son act. Ralph lime, vegetarian spring rolls and shrimp salmon with a barbecue glaze, served with prepared with sweet sausage, garlic and 1 Main St. at Plymouth Street, (718) 7708 Third Ave. at 77th Street, (718) Tommaso senior and junior take a per- and lichee spring rolls. For entrees, the two sides and a piece of cornbread. Make white wine, sole livornese, simmered with 243-9815 (MC, Visa, AmEx) Entrees: sure to take a slice of the “sweet potato 833-3364. (Cash only) Pizzas: $11-$13. sonal interest in their popular Brooklyn restaurant’s signature dishes include a yel- capers, onions and black olives, served $17-$22. Heights eateries, and this interest can be low curry of butternut squash, three-fla- pie: made from scratch with whipped Not your ordinary pizza. These thin-crust with mussels, clams and linguini, or This spacious DUMBO restaurant boasts seen in every detail — from the marble vored snapper and duck with tamarind potatoes and just the right spices.” pies are made with only the best ingredi- shrimp scampi, broiled in garlic, butter a wonderful view of Manhattan and some fountain in the rear patio to the friendly sauce. Long Tan also offers brunch ents — fresh basil, fresh mozzarella and and white wine. End with cappuccino terrific new talent. New owner Courtney staff and ample menu. La Traviata offers Saturdays and Sundays 11 am – 3 pm. olive oil. Customers can choose from up to and dessert. McKenna has brought in chef Frank Marco Polo Ristorante all those dishes that have made Italy a At Long Tan’s red bar, sassy cocktails 20 toppings including sausage, pepperoni, Debons, formerly of Raoul’s, pastry chef salami and anchovies. New York Brick gourmand’s delight — chicken alla make drinking here an original experi- 345 Court St. at Union Street, (718) Scott Russell (from One If By Land, Two If Marsala, veal scaloppini, shrimp scampi. Oven Pizza also offers salads and gourmet ence. The wines all come from Australia 852-5015, www.marcopoloris- P. J. Hanley’s Tavern By Sea), and general manager Jeff Davila Lighter fare includes thin-crust pizza with rolls stuffed with sausages, portabella and New Zealand, making the restaurant from Sambuca to make sure your experi- a huge selection of toppings. Delivery torante.com (Amex, Disc, MC, Visa) mushrooms, oven-roasted peppers and 449 Court St. at Fourth Place, (718) a favorite spot for wine enthusiasts. ence at Kino is stellar. You’ll find Italian service via phone or the Web site. Entrees: $13-$24. mozzarella, or any number of other fillings. 834-8223. (Visa, MC, AmEx, DC, Disc) fare with a hint of Swiss influence, and a Sidewalk cafe seats available. One of Brooklyn’s most elegant dining Desserts are traditional Italian favorites — Entrees: $9-$15. Seniors: 15% Discount number of French dishes on the menu. tiramisu, sorbet and cannoli. LouLou rooms, Marco Polo boasts valet parking, Step back in time and enjoy cocktails or a every Tuesday night (dine-in only) Try the saffron risotto frutte di mare, a formally dressed and knowledgeable wholesome meal in Brooklyn’s oldest bar, swimming with calamari, sea scallops and Lemongrass Grill 222 DeKalb Ave. between Adelphi St. wait staff and a sophisticated menu that circa 1874, according to Debbie Hanley. shrimp with sauteed watercress and cher- reflects the taste of its owner, Joe Nino’s (Originally a Norwegian bar, it’s been ry tomatoes, or Debons’ aged sirloin au 61a Seventh Ave. at Berkeley Place, and Clermont Ave., (718) 246-0633. www.loulou/restaurant.com (AmEx, Chirico, a veteran restaurateur. Marco called P.J. Hanley’s for the last 60 years, poivre. And where else can you enjoy a (718) 399-7100. (AmEx, MC, Visa) Polo has a menu that includes an array of 215 Union St. at Clinton Street, (718) MC, Visa) Entrees: $12.50-$19. with only four owners in its 128 years.) sumptuous all-you-can-eat buffet brunch Entrees: $7.75-$14.95. hot and cold appetizers, soups, salads, 858-5370, www.ninosonunion.com. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, on Sunday for $18? This unassuming spot, tucked next to a Serving healthy and reasonably priced pasta, fish, chicken, veal, steaks and (Visa, MC, AmEx) Entrees: $14-$21. with its mahogany bar, huge marble The evening skyline view is panoramic private house and just a tad off the beat- food, this French restaurant is part of the chops prepared by chef Francesco The flawless interior of this fine Italian columns and railing, mosaic tiled floor, and romantic and those looking for a en path, is a real find. Small, cozy and Fort Greene restaurant renaissance. Insingo. The dessert wagon offers pas- hopping bar scene should note that comfortable, the interior gives way to a LouLou has a cozy atmosphere with rustic tries, cakes, tortes, fruits, sorbet and happy hour starts every night at 7 pm, charming outdoor garden, where tables, exposed brick walls and a lovely gelato. Marco Polo is open for lunch and and means 2-for-1 drinks. Jazz is happen- steamed vegetable dumplings and skew- garden. The menu focuses on seafood — dinner. D • E • L • I • C • I • O • U • S ing every Friday and Saturday at 8 pm, ers of chicken or beef satay topped with seared Maine diver sea scallops with and Thursday is karaoke night. spicy peanut sauce, are the order of the grilled portobello mushrooms in a ver- Chinese Cuisine & Vegetarian Nutrition day. Here’s an interesting item: spicy mint mouth herbed cream sauce, and cham- Master Wok fried rice with chicken or beef, seasoned pagne sea bass with shitaki mushrooms, 162 Montague Street fresh shallot and bouchot mussels in 361 Seventh Ave. at 10th Street, • Fast Free Delivery La Brunette with chili, garlic, onion and fresh mint — Brooklyn Heights ooh … breathe in! For your main course, champagne cream sauce. (718) 499-2288 or 2510. (AmEx, MC, 300 North Sixth St. between Meeker try the pla lard prik, whole fried crispy red Visa) Entrees: $6.95-$12.95. • Open 7 Days a Week (718) 522-5565/66 Ave. and Havermeyer St., (718) 384- snapper with chili, garlic and tamarind, or Chef-owner Mei Fang Chang has fax (718) 522-1205 (24hr) 5800. (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: the pineapple curry shrimp, a rich, thick Luce presided over kitchens for more than 20 • Party Orders Welcome Mon - Thurs 11:30am - 10:00pm red curry cooked with coconut milk, basil, $10-$20. years. Trained in Taiwan, he cooks most- Fri - Sat 11:30 am - 11:00pm lime, coriander, pineapple and string 411 11th St. at Sixth Avenue, (718) Chef John Keller produces French dishes ly in the spicy Szechuan and Hunan Sunday 2:00pm - 10:00pm beans. Open daily for lunch and dinner. 768-4698. (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: styles. General Tso’s chicken, deep-fried We Only Use Vegetable Oil like bouillabaisse and coq au vin, and $15-$18. delicious desserts such as creme brulee chicken with a zesty sauce, is one of his Natural Cooking FREE $7.00 Luce’s Tuscan inspired menu uses local specialties. But he’s also at home with chocolate souffle. This is a quaint, quiet and Fresh Vegetables DELIVERY min. spot with music at a level that allows con- Lichee Nut ingredients seasoned with a light hand. milder dishes like Shanghai green bok versation, a sound-absorbing tufted ban- Fried calamari with lemon mayonnaise is choy, a sauteed vegetable dish. The 162 Montague St. at Clinton Street, served with a side of lightly dressed popular lunch menu includes rice, soup quette running the length of one wall, downstairs, (718) 522-5565. (AmEx, and wood panels. spinach. Pasta is freshly made. A bitter- and a main dish. Open for lunch and din- DC, MC, Visa) Entrees: $6-$12. sweet chocolate cake is paired with cin- ner. This 21-year-old Brooklyn Heights namon-flavored pears. Las Tres Palmas Chinese restaurant has had several loca- tions, owners and chefs, but throughout Max & Moritz 121 Livingston St. at Adams Street, has maintained the high quality that Lundy Bros. (718) 624-9565. (Visa, MC, AmEx) keeps customers coming back. Owner 426 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street, Try our (718) 499-5557. (AmEx, MC, Visa) mussels Entrees: $5.95-$27.95. Jerry Shen has dedicated himself to 1901 Emmons Ave. at Ocean Avenue, MOJITOS keeping the restaurant’s fare authentical- (718) 743-0022. www.LundyBros.com Entrees: 12-$20. (25/26) Lovers of this Spanish and smooth & ly Chinese. Chef Eric Wu cooks in both (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa, Transmedia American former Court Street mainstay A French and American bistro, Max & grilled Szechuan and Cantonese styles and pre- sophisticated of, despair not! Las Tres Palmas has just accepted with credit card) Entrees: Moritz has a Left Bank ambience that pares a broad spectrum of dishes that reopened, and is serving their hearty, dinner $12-$35. comes from white tablecloths, Edith Sol Elixirs salmon include Cantonese-style beef short ribs Tobacco road: Kapadokya manager Murat Aktas gives a simple and satisfying food in beautifully This historic restaurant continues to be a Piaf’s music and candlelight. Familiar and the house special — a generous plate renovated new surroundings. Slake your family favorite for locals as well as a pop- dishes have unexpected flavors — mas- narghile, or hookah, smoking demonstration on the restau- after-work thirst with a drink in the full of jumbo shrimp sauteed with Chinese carpone and green pea ravioli with vegetables and lichee nuts — which, by ular stop for tourists. A seafood lover’s rant’s rear patio. The Brooklyn Papers / Tom Callan bar, under a ceiling painted like a sunny paradise, Lundy’s offers clams, oysters, jalapeno and mint sauce, or cabbage Restaurant •❖ Bar •❖ Lounge sky (complete with an occasional cloud). the way, are not nuts at all, but sweet and stuffed duck confit with oyster mush- succulent fruit. mussels, shrimp, soft-shell crabs and lob- Happy hour is Monday through Friday, ster. Plenty of ambience inside and out. rooms and lentil salad. Al fresco dining in Serving Latin and Caribbean Cuisine a charming garden area. restaurant is a clue to the exquisite meal original tin ceilings and walls. Dine at the from 5 pm to 7 pm. Take $1 off your draft This restaurant overlooks Sheepshead you will enjoy here. Just as the finest bar, sit in the spacious dining room, or beers, or get your second drink for half Liquors Bay with its fishing boats and bustling, materials attract the eye (fireplace, gor- eat al fresco in the lovely outdoor beer price. Then stay for dinner. Chicken and diverse population. geous wine rack, terra cotta planters, rich garden, surrounded by twinkling lights. 229 DeKalb Ave. (cor. Clermont) Fort Greene rice, the perennial favorite, is only $7.25, Mezcal’s Florentine silk chairs, gentle pastel walls, 219 DeKalb Ave. at Clermont The menu is what you’d expect from a Sun-Thurs: 6-11pm • Fri & Sat: 6-12mid • 222-1510 or for a fuller appetite, try the paella, a Speilglau stemware, terrazzo granite Avenue, (718) 488-7700. (Visa, MC) 522 Court St. at Huntington Street, classic Irish pub: hearty comfort food. rich mix of clams, lobster, octopus and flooring), the food is prepared from the Entrees: $10-$16. Madiba (718) 237-2230. (AmEx, MC, Visa) There are terrific hamburgers and pork shrimp in rice ($25.95 for one, $35.95 for finest of ingredients. A chicken Entrees: $8-$18. chops, plus daily fish, pasta and chicken two). There’s also fried pork chops, While Liquors does have a cozy bar and 195 DeKalb Ave. at Carlton Avenue, scarpariello, prepared in lemon juice, specials. Every Tuesday night you can baked chicken, and don’t forget a side lounge area, a reputation for wicked moji- (718) 855-9190, Chef Moises Gallardo specializes in fajitas garlic and white wine is magnificent, and order a complete prime rib dinner for order of fried plantains. tos, and a select wine list, this “Afro- www.madibaweb.com. Visa, MC, — beef or chicken with onions and pep- the penne vodka is out of this world. Diaspora” influenced restaurant took its AmEx. Entrees: $6-$21. pers served sizzling on a platter with rice $9.95! The food is simply prepared, beau- SmallTownBrooklyn.com name from the sign left by the previous and beans. Another Mezcal’s favorite is The family style portions are huge, but tifully presented, reasonably priced, with Latin American Cafe tenant. Stepping into Madiba is like bursting into mole poblano, chicken breast cooked in the wise Nino’s patron will not pass up generous portions and superb taste. There the Kasbah. Billowy interior canopies, the profiteroles, an absolute delight! Be is something on the menu for everyone. “We thought it was beautiful and worthy a dark brown sauce with four different 661 Sackett St. at Fourth Avenue, wooden bar and pillow-topped benches on the lookout for Nino’s upcoming Available for private parties. Lunch is of keeping,” says manager Christian kinds of peppers, plantains, and hints of (718) 857-7720. (MC, Visa) Entrees: transport you to a fantastic getaway. chocolate and spice. Mezcal’s also offers “Winemakers Dinners,” featuring wines served Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and Dennery. The bohemian space, with its Madiba has a tribal African, Indian and specially paired with five courses, hosted $7-$15. weathered walls creates a warm and com- very Mexican desserts like vanilla fried ice dinner is served daily starting at 5 pm. Portuguese menu with exotic dishes and cream, which is ice cream covered with a by manager Anthony Catanzaro. Open for two months, Latin American forting feeling. You can enjoy your meal a state-of-the-art wine list. Chef-owner Cafe serves Spanish-influenced dishes in inside, or in the garden, which Dennery fried cornmeal crust. Of course, it would- Mark Henegan’s special South African n’t be a fiesta without all of those great a cozy setting. With brick walls, hard- describes as being, “like a verandah, cov- recipes are undoubtedly unique — from The Pod wood floors, French doors and 12 tables, ered on top but very open, which seats Mexican drinks from Mezcal’s tequila bar Ocean Palace starters like Durban samoosa, stuffed that features fresh lime juice margaritas. 141 North Seventh St. at Berry There are New the restaurant resembles a Paris bistro. about 40.” Indian vegetable patties with atchar 5423 Eighth Ave. at 55th Street, (718) Latin American Cafe has tables outside Street, (718) 302-3754. (Visa, MC, The grilled mahi mahi, covered with a (spicy pickle relish) and Cape Malay cur- 871-8080. (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: under a canopy. Amex) www.thepodny.com. Entrees: spicy brown sugar glaze and served with ried mussels, to the oven-roasted Cornish $7-$17. $11-$18. Restaurants and Stores hen with ginger tamarind glaze and Mezzo The pescado, or fish, is very popular, with maple sweet potato puree, is an excellent Ocean Palace is a no-frills, white-linen- selections ranging from sauteed chunks choice at $15. Equally beguiling is the mashed sweet potatoes, and the ostrich 136 Montague St. at Clinton Street, The Pod is a bar, restaurant and lounge in service Chinese restaurant. Traditional Williamsburg. And it’s cool. Although the of monkfish to grilled brook trout with Nile perch with calalou (a green veg- carpaccio with watercress. Desserts second floor, (718) 522-2202. (AmEx, dishes like wonton and egg drop soups, eatery was founded by two guys from every week! white wine capers and lemon sauce. etable often used in West African cook- include the Klipdrift brandy tart, choco- Carte Blanche, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) spring rolls, moo shu pork, chicken with Other seafood dishes include swordfish, ing), in a lemon shallot confit. Chef late indulgence, Jenny’s malva pudding Dublin, Karl Wall and Rick Duffy, The Entrees: $11-$18. cashew nuts, and sweet and sour every- Pod’s menu is delish French-American. tuna steak and salmon. Pasta is also pop- Gerard Kiki, from Benin, lets the flavors of (pudding with apricot preserves) and thing also mix with intriguing and exotic ular at the Latin American Cafe. his homeland shine though. poached pears in port wine. Mezzo has a French-Italian menu, gener- Take advantage of their wide variety of ous portions and adventurous flavors. plates like duck feet, pig feet and eel, for beer (from their state-of-the-art beer ... and you can find them all in The cuisine here is definitely towards the the more adventurous. Dim sum is served cooling system), and enjoy a free bottle innovative and trendy — from appetizers Saturday and Sunday, resulting in “lines of wine with any two dinner entrees from SmallTown Brooklyn’s Streets! like the hearty, fresh shrimp risotto with going half-way around the block,” says 5 pm to 11 pm. owner Danny Tsoi. shitake mushrooms and a lightly spiced On Sundays, your eyes will be smiling as [email protected] creamy tomato-based sauce, to a Long you sip all the mimosas, bloody Marys Island duck with sweet potato gratin, and house wine you can drink at The haricots verts and coffee duck jus. But (718) 222-8209 One Greene Pod’s $12.99 brunch. For artists looking Mezzo also serves classic French dishes 1 Greene Ave. at South Oxford for an audience, The Pod invites you to like steak Diane, steak au poivre and inquire about using their two large chicken Normande. Front-room diners Street, (718) 422-1000. (AmEx, MC, screens for short films and slide shows. are rewarded with a bird’s-eye view of Visa) Entrees: $8.50-$30. Montague Street from a large, second- One Greene serves an assortment of sushi story window, rear patio diners with an and sashimi. Go and sing your favorite opera motif. Tasty prix fixe lunch menu, songs during karaoke from 5-11 pm. The Red Rail too. holiday cuts 502 Henry St. at Union Street, (718) 875-1283. (Amex, MC, Visa) Entrees: Patois Suckling pig and all prime meats Michael’s $9-$14. 255 Smith St. at Douglass Street, Partner Tod Bullen describes his restau- 2929 Avenue R at Nostrand Avenue, (718) 855-1535. (MC, Visa) Entrees: rant as a coffeehouse for breakfast, a cof- Crown Roast • Rack of Lamb • Leg of Lamb • Veal Roast • (718) 998-7851, www.michaelsofbrook- $15-$19. fee shop for lunch and a California cafe Seasoned Pork Shoulder • Homemade Sausages (chicken, lyn.com (AmEx, Carte Blanche, DC, for dinner. The “California” means less This pioneering French bistro begun by cream and butter than traditional French Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $17-$30. chef-partner Alan Harding sparked the veal, turkey, pork) bistro fare, with more veggie options and Over 35 years ago, Michael Cacace Smith Street restaurant revolution. The Mexican influences. This can be seen at opened a small pizzeria with three tables walls are papered in French newspaper • Aged Steaks: breakfast in Baja scrambled eggs with and a takeout window. Today, his sons, collages. Two dining rooms offer diners a onion, cilantro and hot cherry peppers; Porterhouse, Fred and John, preside over an elegant feeling of intimacy and eliminate long or at lunchtime with the Sacramento restaurant with a spacious dining room lines for a table. The signature dishes are Shell Steaks with linen-covered tables. A pianist plays the steak frites with au poivre sauce and cheese steak sandwich on garlic bread. every night on a baby grand. anything fish, assures Harding. For a Sophisticated, but child friendly. The Red romantic evening, request a table by the Rail also offers brunch Saturdays and The hot seafood antipasto for two Sundays 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. FRESH CUT MEAT & POULTRY includes grilled octopus, calamari orre- fireplace. The service is above par. ganato, shrimp scampi, baked clams and Vegetarian offerings and Sunday brunch, too. Garden seats available. • Bell & Evans Turkeys • Country & Spiral Hams • Duck mussels marinara. A delicious cabernet Relish sauce accompanies juicy rack of lamb. • Rabbit • Cornish Hens • Pheasant • Quail • Located on a quiet street, Michael’s 225 Wythe Ave. between North Third might be one of Brooklyn’s hidden treas- Pazzo St. and Metropolitan Ave. (718) 963- Satisfying customers for over 40 years! ures if the word hadn’t gotten out years 10007 Fourth Ave. at 100th Street, 4546. (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: ago — mostly from satisfied customers (718) 238-4747. (AmEx, Visa, MC) $7.50-$17. who return from all over the metropoli- 162 Smith St. (bet. Wycoff & Bergen) Rack ’em up: Pazzo, at 100th Street and Fourth Avenue, serves classics such as this roast- tan area. Michael’s pastry shop and ice Entrees: $12-$38. Furnished with ’50s-style fixtures with lot cream parlor are located across the This new Bay Ridge restaurant is beauti- of chrome and Formica, this retro diner (718) 855-2641 • • Open: Mon-Sat 8am-7pm ed rack of lamb. 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1-5 pm, enjoy scones with double cream and steamed chocolate pudding cake and homemade preserves, finger sand- for sweetaholics. Appetizers include wiches, and petit fours for $14.95 per lightly curried mussels and shrimp and person. You’ll also find traditional and crab cakes. Saturday and Sunday brunch. nouveau cookies, pastries, holiday pies Monday and Tuesday prix fixe dinner at and cakes to take home with you. And $22. brides: your day will not be complete without a Sweet Melissa’s masterpiece DINING AROUND BROOKLYN wedding cake. Two Boots 514 Second Ave. at Seventh Avenue, Tavern on Dean (718) 499-3253. (MC, Visa, AmEx, Continued from previous page... Vaccaro, pan-sauteed breast of chicken cafe-takeout offers fresh vegan, vegetari- Disc) Entrees: $8-$16. prepared with prosciutto, fresh mozzarel- an, fish and poultry dishes to please every 755 Dean St. at Underhill Avenue, Famous for its thin crust pizza, Two has an upscale menu that mixes tradition la and butterfly shrimp in a shitake mush- (718) 638-3326, (AmEx, Disc, MC, palette. Try the butternut squash chow- Boots is a fusion of Cajun and Italian with creativity. Matzo ball soup and meat- room and sun-dried tomato sauce. Visa) Entrees: $12.95-$18.95. der with roasted corn or the vegan yuba with a casual and inviting atmosphere. loaf with mushroom gravy, mashed pota- Vaccaro serves casual lunch and dinner manicotti — both local faves. And the With its dark wooden exterior and deep- Offering a variety of southern dishes, toes and greens sit side-by-side with daily. Vaccaro’s pizzeria next door offers a kids love the organic macaroni and set windows, Tavern on Dean is truly rem- what owner Piper Wandzilak calls twice-cooked salmon (cured and grilled) snack and takeout menu of sandwiches, cheese. Boasting incredible brownies iniscent of many London pubs. The tavern “American comfort food,” patrons can with shrimp cous-cous, artichoke, radic- calzones, pizza and pizza rolls. chio and sun-dried tomatoes. Even ice- (vegan and wheat free), their desserts are offers bar and grill food — hamburgers, get a taste of authentic jambalaya, berg lettuce is garnished with a warm, fresh, healthy and delectable! Do your club sandwiches, fish and chips, soup and Louisiana crawfish pie, southern fried tangy bleu cheese dressing, bacon tastebuds a favor: come back for Second salad. More substantial fare includes pan- chicken or one of their many fresh sal- chunks and a topping of tobacco rings Rose Water Helpings! roasted half chicken, pan-sauteed catfish, ads. 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Ridge Bay Diner lunch and dinner. frozen mango margarita is heavenly on a Teddy’s Bar & Grill restaurant serves up gourmet pizzas that and cucumber, a dragon roll with crabmeat, at tables or at the bar where diners are Family style, classic Italian cooking is opens up at 7 am and closes around 10 hot summer night, or try the exotic moji- make multiculturalism mouthwatering — cucumber and eel, among others. entertained by watching the sushi chefs 96 Berry St. at North Eighth Street. what they serve up to the delight of their pm, but if dining out is out of the picture, to (Myers Rum, muddled mint and lime, BBQ pizza with pulled pork, smoked (718) 384-9787. (MC, Visa) Entrees: patrons. In addition to creative dinner they also offer free delivery. The quaint restaurant with Japanese at work. Second Helpings brown sugar, lime juice and seltzer), or the salmon pizza and traditional Italian pizza. $2.95-$8.95. specials every evening, the homemade vida loca (vodka, raspberry puckers, mud- There’s also pizza by the slice, grilled decor also serves an all-you-can-eat sushi 448 Ninth St. at Seventh Avenue, fettuccini, with grilled shrimp and sun- dled ginger, lime juice). Then on to dinner, sandwiches and burgers. special for $19. Bento boxes are another For over 110 years, Teddy’s Bar & Grill dried tomatoes, served in a basil cream Ristorante Vaccaro (718) 965-1925. (MC, Visa) Entrees: with a new menu: cold gazpacho’s a good option if you want to try a variety of items Sweet Melissa’s has been the Williamsburg hotspot for sauce is out of this world. Another lunch. Some notable fish entrees include $6-$12. starter, followed by sauteed mahi mahi on the menu. Bento is served with hijiki, crowd-pleaser is the veal Champagne, 6716 Fort Hamilton Parkway at 67th 276 Court St. at Degraw Street, (718) the salmon BLT — a grilled salmon filet Dedicated to serving the best-tasting, with couscous and raisins in a light seaweed salad, a shumai roll and your covered in a cream sauce with sliced Sushi Time 855-3410. Cash only. Pastries: 65 with romaine lettuce, tomatoes and Street, (718) 238-9447. (AmEx, MC, healthiest food possible, Second seafood and tomato sauce with bok choy. choice of an entree. mushrooms. Enjoy the traditional Italian cents-$9. Large cakes: $28. smoked bacon, and the grilled filet of Disc, Visa) Entrees: $10-$35. Helpings will keep you coming back for The mushroom paella is chock-full of fresh 78 Clark St. at Henry Street, (718) desserts like tartufo and gelato, or finish For first-timers, traditional dishes such as salmon Caesar salad with homemade more. Using mostly organic produce and vegetable, seafood and rice, reminiscent 625-9893. Entrees: $5-$18. Afternoon tea, anyone? Sweet Melissa’s Chef-owner Dominic Vaccaro creates chicken teriyaki, vegetable tempura or dressing. Teddy’s famous 10-ounce off with the creamy Italian toasted of a nice risotto. Warm apple tart or blue- quaint tea parlor and bakery is the per- many of the restaurant’s most popular only the freshest fish and free-range poul- This fine Brooklyn Heights sushi bar and tofu may be your cup of tea. Sake, beer burgers are made with beef that is almond cake. dishes, such as his signature chicken try available, this friendly neighborhood berry flan are suggested for dessert. Japanese restaurant provides an extensive and wine are also available. fect place to sip and munch. Served from ground fresh daily, grilled to perfection and ready to order. Happy hour is Monday through Friday, 4 to 7 pm — Two Steps Down with specials on beer, wine and frozen 240 DeKalb Ave. at Vanderbilt drinks. Avenue, (718) 399-2020, www.twostepsdown.com. (Visa, MC, Teresa’s AmEx) Entrees $12.95-$29.95. Opened 33 years ago, this exquisite 80 Montague St. at Hicks Street, (718) seafood restaurant may very well be When the rain pours, the with the ability to stop, rewind or 797-3996. (AmEx, DC, MC, Visa) why other fine restaurants have flocked Entrees: $7.95-$13.95. to Fort Greene. This cozy, bi-level Ah, to enjoy a meal after a stroll on the eatery can seat up to 75, between the re-opened Promenade at the sidewalk ground floor, upstairs and garden deck cafe of Teresa’s, a casual, comfy place overlooking the backyard. Inside, you’ll wind blows and your favorite pause. And, only digital cable that’s priced like a diner, but offers so find exposed brick walls adorned with much more. 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Sweet end- like Polish kielbasa, veal goulash, stuffed ings include sweet potato cake with from Time Warner Cable phone-free connection that lets cabbage or peppers in tomato sauce or cinnamon gelato, and bread pudding beef stroganoff. For dessert? Choose with rum sauce. from many homemade pies and cakes, or go for an ice cream soda from the brings you incredible reception you surf, shop, download and fountain. Uncle Pho 263 Smith St. at Degraw Street, (718) Tuk Tuk 855-8709. (MC, Visa) Entrees: $15-$17. on over 250 crystal clear channels chat at speeds up to 50x faster 204 Smith St. at Baltic Street, (718) 222- Enjoy summer cocktails — like the orig- 5598. (Cash only) Entrees: $7-$9. inal, scrumptious watermelon and Absolut citron martini — at the bar Smith Street restaurant Tuk Tuk, opened while you wait for a table at this fun by Anuwat “Nu” Morakotjantachote, Asian-French fusion restaurant. Chef- of movies, sports, news, music, than dial-up. 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BOUDOIR BAR: presents The FRI, OCT 18 SAT, OCT 19 Brooklyn Brew-Ha-Ha. $5. 9 CONGREGATION pm. East End Ensemble, 273 RECEPTION: Sculptures by Eliza- Smith St. (718) 624-8878. beth Presa and Sylvia Schwartz. OUTDOORS AND TOURS 5 to 8 pm. Meru Art, 203 Colum- COMMUNITY SERVICE: Friends of PARLOR JAZZ: Parlor Entertain- bia St. (718) 852-7400. Free. Historic New Utrecht organizes ment jazz series presents jazz a day of cleaning historic head- vocalist Whitney Marchelle and NETWORKING: Caribbean Amer- her trio. $10 donation. 9 to ican Chamber of Commerce stones and sprucing up area. B’nai 11:30 pm. 119 Vanderbilt Ave. and Industry event. 5:30 pm. Tools provided. 9 am to 3 pm. (718) 855-1981. Mango / Greg HSBC Bank, 432 Fulton St. 18th Avenue between 84th and (718) 834-9774. Free. 85th streets. (718) 256-7173. TWO BOOTS: presents music with GREENPOINT TOUR: Brooklyn Country Club and The Porn RECEPTION: Smack Mellon Horns. No cover. 10 pm. 514 Gallery presents the opening of Public Library presents architectural historian Francis Morrone Second St. (718) 499-3253. Avraham “The Omega Manual.” 6 to 8 pm. 56 Water St. (718) 834- for a look at Greenpoint. $12. BROOKLYN LYCEUM: presents

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No cover. 10 pm. Holman and Carl Rosenstock West. (212) 677-4650. Free. BARGEMUSIC: Chamber music ween Fourth and Fifth streets. 875-4047, ext. 11. Free. 514 Second St. (718) 499-3253. read. 6 to 8:30 pm. Brooklyn ‘GREEK WEDDING’: St. Francis Morning Prayer Service: 7:45am. Maariv 9pm. SHAKESPEARE: “Antony and program of works by Sibelius TAG SALE: Wyckoff Street Block RECEPTION: Spoke the Hub pres- Public Library, Brooklyn Heights and Rautavarra. $35. 7:30 pm. Association. 10 am to 6 pm. ents paintings by Sarawut College presents “My Big Fat Cleopatra.” 7:30 pm. See Sat. branch, 280 Cadman Plaza Greek Wedding.” Noon and 6 For Women Only 9:15-10am NEXT WAVE: Ballet Preljocaj. 7:30 Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) Wyckoff Street between Smith Chutiwongpeti. 6 to 8 pm. 748 West. (718) 623-7100. Free. This roundtable study group examines the week’s Torah 624-2083. and Hoyt streets. (718) 596-0449. Union St. (718) 857-5158. Free. pm. 180 Remsen St. (718) 489- pm. Also, “Three Tales.” 7:30 BABY TALK: Families First talk, 5272. Free. portion in a contemporary context. With Rabbi Raskin. pm. See Sat. SHAKESPEARE: Odyssey Theater THRIFT SALE: at Our Saviour PROSPECT PARK BALL: Black-tie “Temper, Temper!!” Learn how Ensemble performs “Antony FIVE MYLES: presents “Klondike BUILDING THE BOULEVARD: Lutheran Church. Admission is fundraiser celebrates opening to help your children control Lunch and Learn (Men) 1-2pm and Cleopatra.”$15. 7:30 pm. of Audubon Center at Boat- and Snow,” a TV interview Atlantic Avenue Local Develop- 25 cents. 11 am to 3 pm. 414 their temper, and learn to con- Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 Fourth 80th St. (718) 745-0020. house. Dr. Evelyn Castro, School fable. $15. 7 pm. 558 St. Johns “Not for Lawyers Only”—Downtown professionals learn ment Corporation cocktail trol your own. $15. 7 to 8:30 Place. (212) 615-6738. Ave. (718) 866-GOWANUS. SALE: PS 29 PTA hosts a tag sale. District 17 superintendent, is pm. 250 Baltic St. (718) 237-1862. with Rabbi Raskin while enjoying a complimentary lunch. party and fundraiser to benefit HEALTH TALK: Learn about exer- DINNER THEATER: Bread and 11 am to 4 pm. 425 Henry St. honored. $300. 6:30 pm. Carousel, PAINTING SESSION: Mid Atlantic Followed by Mincha. *175 Remsen Street, 12th Floor masterplan for Atlantic Avenue. Flatbush Avenue and Empire cise and the immune system Live music and food. Call for Wine Productions presents (718) 834-0522. Rosemaling Society meets. 7:30 “The Last Supper,” dinner the- Boulevard. (718) 965-8988. during a talk by Michael Round Table Bible 7-8pm ticket prices. 6-9 pm. Axelle OTHER pm. 59th Street Church, 749 Youssouf. 6:30 to 8 pm. Eastern Fine Arts, 317 Atlantic Ave. at ater for 12 people in the play- 59th St. (718) 853-1734. Free. With Rabbi Dovie Pinson wright’s kitchen. Suggested ART UNDER THE BRIDGE: Week- Athletic Club, 43 Clark St. (718) Smith Street. (718) 875-8993. HALCYON CAFE: presents The 625-0500. Free. offering for dinner and show is end of art events including DJ SUN, OCT 20 Liquid Sound Lounge with Bell- Tanya/Jewish Mysticism 8-9pm HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “The Fantas- $25 to $40 per person. 7 pm. parties, dance, theater, open BARNES AND NOBLE: Karen ticks.” 8 pm. See Sat. Hop. No cover. 9 pm to 1 am. Christino, author of “Foresee- With Rabbi Dovie Pinson Reservations necessary. 410 studios, live-action painting, OUTDOORS AND TOURS 227 Smith St. (718) 260-WAXY. ART UNDER THE BRIDGE: Week- 16th St. (718) 499-7758. gallery exhibits and site-specific ing the Future: Evangeline end events. 6 pm. See Sat. BREAST CANCER WALK: CB10: Community Board 10 Adams and Astrology in EVERY THURSDAY NEXT WAVE: Brooklyn Academy installations. Noon to 4 am. Call monthly meeting. 7:15 pm. Ft. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: of Music presents Ballet Prel- for information. (718) 694-0831 American Cancer Society non- America.” 7 pm. 106 Court St. Tindersticks. 8 pm. See Sat. competitive walk “Making Hamilton Senior Center, 9941 (718) 246-4158. Free. Morning Prayer Service: 7:45am. Maariv 9pm. jocaj in a program of “Heli- or www.dumboartscenter.org. Fort Hamilton Parkway. (718) NEUTER CLINIC: ASPCA provides kopter” and “Rite of Spring.” MEETING: Older Women’s Strides Against Breast Cancer.” BARNES AND NOBLE: “Writers 10 am. Prospect Park West and 745-6827. One-On-One Learning 8-9pm free spay and neuter surgery $50, $35, $20. 7:30 pm. Harvey League presents a talk “Single and Artists on Twenty-Five Ninth Street Bandshell. (800) and rabies vaccinations for Theater, 651 Fulton St. Also, Payer Universal Health Care.” Years of Star Wars.” NY Times ACS-2345. film critic Elvis Mitchell moder- financially needy pet owners. “Three Tales,” by Steve Reich 10:30 am. Brooklyn College, TUES, OCT 22 EVERY FRIDAY / Erev Shabbat Mobile clinic is stationed in Red and Beryl Korot. $45, $25. 7:30 New Ingersoll Hall, room 432. BACK TO BUSHWICK: 92nd ates talk. 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh Hook today. Call for appoint- pm. Opera House, 30 Lafayette One block from the intersec- Street Y of Manhattan takes a Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. Morning Prayer Service: 7:45am. walk around Bushwick, an area CPR COURSE: Families First course ment and location information. Ave. (718) 636-4111. tion of Flatbush and Nostrand on infant and child CPR. $50. 9 BROWNSTONE BOOKS: presents (212) 876-7700. HEIGHTS PLAYERS: presents avenues. (718) 891-2490. Free. experiencing an upswing. $25. author Donna Hill reading from Greet the Shabbat 11 am to 1:30 pm. Reservations am to 2 pm. 250 Baltic St. Pre- APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED: Grants musical “The Fantasticks.” $15, WOMEN’S HEALTH: Healthcare registration. (718) 237-1862. her book “An Ordinary Mincha and Kabalat Shabbat, at candlelighting time: Committee of the Park Slope $12 seniors and children. 8 pm. necessary. Call for meeting Woman.” 7:30 pm. 409 Lewis Oct 18, 5:53pm • Oct 25, 5:43pm • Nov 1, 4:35pm EST expert Stacey Brosnan presents location. (212) 415-5500. BLOOD DRIVE: at Long Island Civic Council is accepting appli- 26 Willow Place. (718) 237-2752. a talk “Using Herbs for Better Ave. (718) 953-7328. Free. FORT GREENE ART: Brooklyn University. 10 am to 3:30 pm. cations for projects in the arts, MUSIC: Brooklyn Conservatory of Health.” 11 am. 79 Atlantic One University Plaza. (800) 933- SEASONAL EATING: Park Slope EVERY SATURDAY / Shabbat education and civic improvement Music faculty showcase series Ave. (718) 797-8797. Free. Center for the Urban Environ- Food Co-op talk about a diet ment hosts a tour of Clinton BLOOD. in Park Slope area. Call for with jazz pianist Benny Lackner. OKTOBERFEST: Day of events that includes seasonal whole Hill and Fort Greene. Walk PARTICIPATE!: Borough President food. Learn how to strengthen information. (718) 832-8227 or Vocalist Hillary Maroon, bassist includes paddle races, marine Marty Markowitz hosts “Knowing Morning Prayer Service 9:30am www.parkslopeciviccouncil.org Ed Schuller and drummer through sculpture garden at your immune system and ecology tours and food. Free Pratt Institute, stroll down and Working With Your Sermon at 11:30 am. Kiddush follows service. WRITERS WANTED: Spiral Pheeron Aklaff. $5. 8 pm. 58 canoe rides with the Dredgers increase energy. 7:30 pm. 782 DeKalb Avenue and tour Fort Community Board.” Topics Union St. (718) 622-0560. Free. >Beginners’ Service: 10-11am Thought Magazine invites writ- Seventh Ave. (718) 622-3300. Canoe Club. 11 am to sunset. include joining community ers, poets, performance artists Greene Park. More. $8, $6 BARGEMUSIC: Chamber music >Children’s Services: 11am-noon ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: pres- Second Street at Bond Street. members, $5 seniors and stu- board committees and becom- and musicians to audition their ents British band Tindersticks. Www.geocities.com/gowanus- ing a community board mem- program of works by Schubert. Afternoon Service dents. 11 am to 1 pm. Meet at $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry work. Writers ages 14 to 22 are Group is accompanied by canalrestoration. ber. 10 am to noon. Brooklyn At candlelighting (see Friday for time). especially encouraged to par- Lafayette Avenue station of the Landing. (718) 624-2083. orchestra of 13 string players. OPEN STUDIOS: Artists in C train. (718) 788-8500. Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon ticipate. Call for details. (718) $30. 8 pm. 38 Water St. (718) DANCE: 651 Arts presents Urban Followed by Tales of the Talmud and Maariv. Prospect Heights invite the GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Take St. (718) 802-3656. Free. 832-2310. 858-2424. community into their studios. 1 SCREENING: The Nursing Center Bush Women in “Hair Stories,” a walk through the park-like a full-length dance perform- to 6 pm. 610 Dean St. grounds of this Victorian “City hosts a blood pressure screen- EVERY SUNDAY www.prospectheightsartists.org ing. 12:30 to 2 pm. Heights ance about African American of the Dead.” John Cashman women’s relationship to their Morning Prayer Service: 8:30am. ATLANTIC AVENUE: Atlantic leads tour. $6. 1 pm. Meet and Hill Community Council, Avenue Local Development 160 Montague St. (718) 596- hair, body and self-image. $20. inside Fifth Avenue Gate at 8 pm. Triangle Theater at Long Bagels and Talmud 9:30-10:30am Corporation hosts a town hall 25th Street. (718) 469-5277. 8789. Free. Island University, DeKalb and With Rabbi Dovid Pinson meeting with master planners WALKING TOUR: NY Like a Native AUTHOR SERIES: As part of its to discuss “Building the Flatbush avenues. (718) 636- offers an introduction to Hasidic Italian heritage series, Brooklyn 4181. Boulevard” Master Plan and South Williamsburg to the artsy Public Library, Central branch, KIDDIE KORNER PRE-SCHOOL share visions for the Atlantic presents poet Michael Palma. 6 BAMCINEMATEK: presents Ken Northside. $15. 3 to 5:30 pm. Burns: A Retrospective. Q & A ave your Avenue community. 1:30 pm. Call for meeting place and reser- pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) Our 12th year. Call Shternie Raskin for more information and to YWCA, Third Avenue at Atlantic 230-2100. Free. with Ken Burns. $9. 8 pm. 30 schedule a tour: 718-596-4840. vations. (718) 393-7537. Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4111. Avenue. (718) 875-8993. Free. DISASTER RECOVERY TALK: holiday RECEPTION: Parlor Gallery pres- PERFORMANCES Boricua College Small Business NEXT WAVE: presents “21” and C-BAY HEBREW SCHOOL H ents “People-Places-Spaces,” OPERA: Regina Opera Company Development Center offers a “O Corpo.” 7:30 pm. See Tues. an exhibit of watercolors and performs Broadway show tunes talk for small businesses. 6 to 8 Call Beth Garbow for more information: 718-596-4840. party at the drawings inspired by figures and arias. 2:30 pm. Temple pm. Brooklyn Public Library, and faces. 2 to 5 pm. 305 Van- Beth Ahavath Sholom. 2166 Business branch, 280 Cadman FRI, OCT 25 derbilt Ave. (718) 857-8265. Free. Benson Ave. Call for ticket Plaza West. (718) 963-4112. Free. MIKVAH BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART: BABY MASSAGE: Learn to mas- information. (718) 372-0933. BOARD MEETING: Community sage your baby in a workshop For an appointment, or for more information, call 718-596-WATER. presents a hands-on workshop CONCERT: Brooklyn Friends of School Board, District 15. 7 pm. and master class led by ceramic setting at Families First. $40. Chamber Music presents its 360 Smith St. (718) 330-9283. Noon to 1 pm. 250 Baltic St. artist Andy Brayman. Partici- opening concert with a pro- BARNES AND NOBLE: presents UPCOMING EVENT YWCA! pants make their own ceramic (718) 237-1862. gram of vocal music on Jewish Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, author of VIGIL: Annual Park Slope Safe art. $6. 2 to 5 pm. 200 Eastern themes. $15. 3 pm. Lafayette “Gunshots: Bits and Bites from Alaskan Air Force Rabbi Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Homes Project domestic vio- • Room for 5 to 500 Avenue Presbyterian Church, a Hip-Hop Caribbean Life.” Shabbaton dinner with Rabbi Israel Haber WALT WHITMAN PROJECT: Lafayette Avenue at South Ox- lence remembrance vigil. 6:30 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh Ave. pm. PS 321, Seventh Avenue at Friday, Nov.15, 5:30pm. $30 (members $25/kids $15). • Convenient Location Friends of the Brooklyn Heights ford Street. Works by Milhaud, (718) 832-9066. Free. Library host a reading called Shostakovich, Ullmann, Kletzki First Street. (718) 499-2151. For reservations, call 718-596-4840 • Affordable Rates NEXT WAVE: Brooklyn Academy SHAKESPEARE: Odyssey Theater “Walt Whitman on Abraham and Mahler. (718) 855-3053. of Music presents “21” and “O Lincoln.” 2 pm. Refreshments BARGEMUSIC: Chamber music Ensemble performs “Antony and • On-Site Space & Rental Staff Corpo,” choreographed by Cleopatra.” 7:30 pm. See Sat. served. (718) 391-8824. Free. program of works by Sibelius Rodrigo Pederneiras and per- Eruv Hotline: 802-1827 • Mikvah: 596-WATER • 24-Hour Security DUMBO BAZAAR: 50 vendors sell and Rautavarra. $35. 4 pm. formed by Brazilian troupe Grupo fashion, jewelry, arts, crafts, and Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) Corpo. $45, $25. 7:30 pm. more. Also, live music, dance 624-2083. Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 and theatrical performances. 2 BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART: Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4111. to 10 pm. 1 Main St. (646) 489- The Furry Harmonica Brothers MEETING: 62nd Precinct Upcoming Performances 7380. Free. in a performance of American Community Council. 7:30 pm. SHOP THE AVENUE: Atlantic folk music, including bluegrass Bay 22nd Street and Bath Avenue Local Development and ragtime. Included in muse- Avenue. (718) 236-2501. OPENING NIGHT! 30 Third Avenue Corporation invites you to shop um admission, $6, $3 students OSTEOPATHY: Park Slope Food Atlantic Avenue between Hicks and seniors. 4 pm. 200 Eastern Co-op hosts a talk about the Brooklyn Center debut! Street and Fourth Avenue. 2OO2 (bet. Atlantic & State) Parkway. (718) 638-5000. body’s natural healing systems. SEASON Storytelling, cooking demos, SHAKESPEARE: Odyssey Theater 7:30 pm. 782 Union St. (718) Jazz at Lincoln Center’s vintage fashion show, face Ensemble performs “Antony 622-0560. Free. Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra painting, interior design consul- and Cleopatra.” 3 pm. See Sat. 2OO3 For registration information call tation, wood carving, furniture BRIC STUDIO: presents the Aerial SAT • OCT 26, 2002 • 8PM HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “The Fantas- Acro Fest. Performers include appraisals, costumed charac- ticks.” 3 pm. See Sat. Tickets: $25 718-875-1190 ext. 207 ters, pony rides, live bands and Cirque Tsunami, Akim Funk ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: Buddha and Elise Knudsen. more will take place. Noon to 7 Tindersticks. 7:30 pm. See Sat. pm. (718) 875-8993. $10, $8 students. 7:30 pm. 647 COMEDY: “Barbershop Duets.” Fulton St. (718) 855-7882. Brooklyn Center debut! BAMCINEMATEK: presents “The See Sat. BROOKLYN LYCEUM: presents guitarist Duck Baker. He is joined Dan Zanes and Friends CHILDREN by Marc Ribot. $12. 8 pm. 227 SUN • OCT 27, 2002 • 2PM PUPPETWORKS: “Sleeping Beauty.” Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. 12:30 and 2:30 pm. See Sat.. ILLUSTRATORS SPEAK: Comic sponsored by and book authors/illustrator Randy Ages 3 - 8 • Tickets: $15 OTHER DeBurke and Lance Tooks will DOG SHOW & PARADE: speak on “Picture Books in the No Tricks! Brooklyn Animal Resource 21st Century.” 4:30 pm. Grace Coalition (BARC) hosts its annu- Gallery, New York City College Brooklyn Center debut! al event. Dogs, their owners, of Technology, 300 Jay St., 11th Barbara Cook and anyone interested in floor. (718) 260-5175. Treat youself to a adopting a dog or cat is invit- SAT • NOV 2, 2002 • 8PM ed. Prizes in many categories. sponsored by new coat this season! Noon. Kick off point is BQE Pet WEDS, OCT 23 Supply at North First Street and Tickets: $45 Wythe Avenue. (718) 486-7489. BABY CARE: Health Plus class on READING SERIES: Soft Skull bathing, diapering, feeding and We feature Shortwave Frequency Reading safety for new parents. 11 am. Series presents Gregory Pardlo 195 Montague St. (718) 491- Laff-it-Off meets Maljo Kaiso designers such as... and Tyehimba Jess. 2 pm. 71 7483. Free. with special guests Bello and Blacka Bond St. (718) 499-5872. Free. MEETING: Telecom Pioneers, RECEPTION: Brooklyn Arts Verrazano Life Member SAT • NOV 9, 2002 • 8PM Exchange hosts a reception for Chapter, hosts a get- together. sponsored by Cole Haan photographer Ann Rosen and 11 am. Salem Lutheran Church, Tickets: $35 the exhibit, “Images of Japan: 450 67th St. (718) 748-0592. AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE Ica Landscapes and Architecture.” DANCE: Long Island University 4:30 – 6 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. presents Urban Bush Women. Kryos (718) 832-0018. Free. Noon. Triangle Theater, DeKalb NYC premiere! Brooklyn Center debut! SARAFINA: reception for “The Gift,” and Fulton avenues. (718) 488- La Fiorentina an exhibit featuring artists Otto 1015. Free. Julio Bocca Neals and Hameed Benjamin. DINNER AND AUCTION: Ameri- and Ballet Argentino MaxMara 3-7 pm. (718) 522-1083. can Lung Association 100th ART UNDER THE BRIDGE: anniversary dinner. $200. 6 pm. SUN • NOV 10, 2002 • 2PM NY Marriott, 333 Adams St. Marisa Minicucci Weekend of art events. Noon sponsored by to 9 pm. See Sat., Oct. 19. (718) 624- 8531. SHOP THE AVENUE: See Sat. WORKING SESSION: Community Tickets: $30 Ramosport School Board 15. 7 pm. 360 Smith St. (718) 330-9283. Sanyo MON, OCT 21 BAMCINEMATEK: presents Kino Silents: F.W. Murnau. Today: Tryst BIG APPLE COLLEGE FAIR: NYC “Nosferatu” (1922). $9. 7:30 high school seniors and their pm. Live piano accompaniment and many more! parents are invited to learn by Donald Sosin. 30 Lafayette about the 175 college and uni- Ave. (718) 636-4111. versities that take part in this BARNES AND NOBLE: Rabbi Niles Call 718.951.4500 annual event. Also, workshops Goldstein, author of “Lost Souls: Tuesday - Saturday 1-6pm (at 17th St.) • Park Slope on financial aid. 1 to 4 pm. 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BROOKLYN CENTER BROOKLYN EATS: Tasting event ing Italian. Weekly meetings. FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AARON’S featuring Brooklyn restaurants, Call. (718) 625-0765. 12 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM October 21, 2002 Talkin’ Turkey Kapadokya brings sights, smokes and cuisine of Turkey to Brooklyn Heights By Zoe Singer about terrible wines we’d encoun- for The Brooklyn Papers DINING tered in Turkey. Kapadokya serves six very enjoyable wines, including n a trip to Turkey, my friend Kapadokya (142 Montague St., a Turkish white, Çankaya, and a Sarah and I ate meals that second floor, between Clinton and Turkish red, Yakut. Henry streets) accepts American Ex- O were pure, simple, often tran- press, Visa and MasterCard. For reser- As we perused the menu, Sarah scendent, and quite repetitive. We vations, call (718) 875-2211. Belly recalled our theory that Turkish dancing performances are at 8:30 pm never tired of breakfasting on on Thursdays and Fridays, and 9 pm cuisine aims to prepare eggplant in bread, mild cheese, honey and on Saturdays. Take-out and delivery as many ways as possible. At Ka- olives. But we had our fill of lentil will soon be available. padokya, chef Necati Solgoel pres- soup and cheese-filled pastries, ents this meaty, sweet vegetable in and didn’t care to revisit the cui- several guises, including a purist’s sine for a while after our return to platters of hummus, stuffed grape puree, Patlecan salad, where it’s Brooklyn. leaves and other appetizers, or blended with garlic, olive oil and Then Kapadokya opened. meze. By the tall front windows, lemon. In another recipe (called This second-floor restaurant on diners sat on low chairs at small Imam Bayildi, “The Priest Faint- the Montague Street strip in Brook- Turkish tables, enjoying romantic ed”), halved baby eggplant is lyn Heights has taken on the mis- dinners for two, giddy girls’ nights stuffed with tomato and onions and sion of transporting diners to out or quiet family meals. simmered in so much olive oil that Turkey. On a recent Friday night, A hostess in a multicolored it caused a proverbial priest to Sarah and I were not the only peo- Turkish jacket greeted us with the swoon. Sadly, the kitchen was out ple eager to travel up the rose petal- kind of warmth we remarked upon of this legendary dish. strewn staircase to Kapadokya. often during our Turkish travels. For our meze, we thwarted the Both the dining room and narghile As soon as we were seated, a wait- chill of a rainy night with hot appe- (hookah) patio were packed. er, also in traditional dress, set tizers. Sigari Böregi, rolled phyllo (Thursday through Saturday there is down a dish of oil-cured olives and pastries, were fried, filled with ei- a popular belly dancing perform- a basket of pita. We admired the ther a firm, salty cheese or spinach, Room with a view: Kapadokya restaurant in Brooklyn Heights serves ance in the evening.) airy dining room, with it’s colorful subtly flavored by parsley, mint Large parties were feasting on glass lanterns, and reminisced and dill. Turkish cuisine with a view over bustling Montague Street. (Above) Bel- Zucchini pancakes (Mücver) re- lydancer Jeanette Anhell, pictured with owner Volkan Atilgan, performs sembled my mother’s potato pan- Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. The Brooklyn Papers / Tom Callan cakes. The patties of grated zucchini were pan fried until darkly tan’s Delight, was described as “a friends will puff away, perhaps try- browned outside, while still classic Ottoman dish made with ing the hour-long experience of creamy and mild inside. Generous- baked chunks of chicken or lamb smoking a hookah of flavored to- ly drizzled with a garlic-and-dill- on top of creamy eggplant puree.” bacco ($13.95, dinner only). spiked yogurt sauce, even zucchini The menu neglects to mention that When I come again, I’ll definite- skeptics could appreciate this pres- the smooth eggplant is impossibly ly have the thick milk custard that entation. smoky, reminiscent of the wild Sarah ordered. It wobbled as our Before the main course, 8:30 pm smell of campfire meals. This waiter put it down, with a burnt top struck, and the much-hyped belly haunting depth was brightened by a that outdoes creme brulee, echoing dancer emerged in a shimmer of sharp tomato sauce. Almost as an the smoky flavors of the meal and gold sequins, rhythmically plying afterthought, the plate was studded perfectly balancing the sweet com- finger cymbals as she swayed and with cubes of lamb, which Sarah fort of the custard. My baklava was gyrated. Dancer Jeanette Anhell’s found bland. fine — sweet with honey, and nutty graceful performance would fit Still, I was won over by a cuisine with ground pistachios — yet the right into a Disneyland Arabian with so many ingenious ways to layers of pastry were under-baked. Night. Almost everyone tucked dol- bring out the flavors, textures and Tea drinking was an important lar bills into her sequined belt. aromas of vegetables. If the main part of our trip, and Sarah’s çay was Thus refreshed, we tucked into protein on our plates lacked oomph, floral and perfectly steeped. But I the main course. My baked trout this was more a difference of em- couldn’t resist a sludgy demitasse of with tomato and cheese (Alabalik) phasis than a fault. On future visits, Turkish coffee, with its gritty, singed looked like a shallow lasagna with I plan to shift my emphasis, con- bitterness. When I got to the point a head and tail. It tasted that way, centrating most on the meze, where where sipping became chewing, I too. Salty cheese and tangy, gar- Kapadokya really excels. dumped the grinds out into my licky tomato sauce caused the de- I’ll eat tapas-style on the narghile saucer, and Sarah read elaborate for- cent, if slightly dry, trout to play a patio, which feels more Mediter- tunes to me from the lines and waves supporting role. Beyond its inherent ranean than Brooklyn. I’ll forgo left in my empty cup. Small dishes, big flavors: An entire tapas-style meal could be made fishiness, the trout mainly served as wine in favor of anise-flavored out of the restaurant’s tasty meze, or appetizers, including these texture in this hearty dish. raki, a clear liqueur that clouds Zoe Singer is a food writer and phyllo pastries filled with cheese. The Brooklyn Papers / Tom Callan Sarah’s Hünkar Begendi, or Sul- when cut with water. My smoker Brooklyn native.

THE BROOKLYN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESENTS BROOKLYN’S BEST FOODS & BEVERAGES BROOKLYN Join us for a unique tasting event featuring the best restaurants, caterers, micro-brews and wines in Brooklyn. And be there to congratulate the Brooklyn Eats scholarship winners from New York City College of Technology, ats CUNY: Hospitality Management Department. e Monday, October 21, 2002 6:30-8:30 PM New York Marriott Brooklyn 333 Adams Street unlimited tastings! Advance tickets: $50 general admission 6:30PM $75 VIP admission 5:30PM At-the-Door: $75 admission 6:30PM limited availability Ticket Sales 718-875-1000, ext.108 or, www.i Brooklyn.com

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THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL BROOKLYN EATS is produced by the Brooklyn Alliance, a non-profit, economic development affiliate of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. The event is presented in cooperation with the Brooklyn Delegation to the New York City Council, with special thanks to Gifford Miller, Speaker of the New York City Council. Additional support is provided by the New York City Department of Business Services, Commissioner Robert W. Walsh.